Storm Flower: A Book of Poetry

By Carissa Lynn Taylor

Storm Flower fills our hearts with all the emotions humanly possible. She makes us believe that this is the voice in our own head speaking to us. She brings to the surface, the common questions, as well as tragedies and victories that we

• Language: English
• Publisher: BookTrail Publishing
• Release date: Apr 26, 2022
• ISBN: 9781637678015

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Copyright © 2022 Carissa Lynn Taylor

Paperback: 978-1-63767-800-8

eBook: 978-1-63767-801-5

Library of Congress Control Number: 2022904535

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For Claire & Clan

Cheryl Cantara,

Lindsey Taylor-Dionne and George Dionne- Sydney, Alexis, Jasmine, Ginny, Delta

Gail and Guillermo Pedroza- Luna and Max

Maribeth and Brian Hopkins- Taylor and Conner

Michael and Kimberly (McCaw) Sobeck- Sawyer

Tanya Kawecki and Jesse Smith (and of course, Ozzie)

Airyias and Daman

My children, and fur baby: Tristan, Cora, and Charlie

Claire (Rivard) and

(the late) Edward Bakanosky (1942-2020)-

(The late) Laurie-Jean Bakanosky (1971-2018)-

James Bakanosky,

Armand Bakanosky- Javien, Armando

Edward Ted and Lanoshka Bakanosky- Elena

Juli-Anne Iacono- Apphia

Cathylee (Morse) and Timothy Cantara;

Angela Cantara and Brian Flaherty- Lucas

Julie Cantara- Anjilee

Lisa (Cantara), and (the late) Richard Warren (1958-1999)

Vanessa;

Thomas and Jessica- Dylan, Jacob

Susan (Cantara) and Michael Webb-

Victoria- Ora, Evelyn

Jordana;

Keith -Jenelle, Lillian

Of course: The Greek Boys,

In Memory of:

Steven James Stencel (1977-2012),

Stacy Lorraine Walsh (1991-2014)

Danielle MaChelle Taylor Gilliam (1992-2016),

Lisa Marie Cote (1966-2018)

Jonathan Taylor Senter Sr. (1980-2019)

Contents

Shattered

Captivating

Aware

A Simple Request

Hidden Beauty

Storm Flower

The Coup

NO Exception

More Time

Luxurious Breakdown

All That

Too Early

Fools

Fire and Ice

Our Boys

Fly

Without a Trace

Heartbroken

Girl of Ink

Places I Have Become

Until You Are Not

I Am Thankful

Mimic

Eternal Reality

Only Tonight

The Maiden

Fatigued

In the Middle of the Night

My Verse

Oh, How I…

Signature

Confession

The Gamble

Silence

Enough

Just One Kiss

Mourn No Longer

Some Advice

Explanations

Sometimes a Shadow

Halfway

Tick Tock

Hands Down

Real

Somewhere in the Middle

Whatever Will Be

Losing Faith

My Nieces

My Sweet Nephews

Shattered

Exhaustion has finally taken over.

Weary to my very bones,

I have no choice,

I must surrender to my sleep.

My dreams loom ahead,

This is the one place,

I cannot escape, even from myself,

From my devastation.

I can no longer hide.

My face aches from the mask,

The false smile I wear,

To make it easier on you.

Too saddened

To realize how broken.

Too broken

To ever heal.

My cheeks are raw,

Eyes are swollen,

From all the tears that fall,

Unknown, Unheard by you,

Into my pillow each night.

I cannot pretend anymore,

That I did not love you,

I cannot tell you I am well.

I have never lied to you,

I will not do so now.

I did love you!

I do love you!

I am hurt, damaged, and alone.

I am shattered.

Photo Courtesy of Carissa Lynn Taylor © 2011

Captivating

Everything about you draws me in.

Your voice with its soft, melodic, sound is like music.

Your eyes hold my gaze

like I am hypnotized to only look at you.

When you laugh, your face lights up,

bright as the sun.

You are completely captivating.

I cannot look away.

The truth is, I do not want to.

All the places you have been, things you have seen,

No one would ever know, would ever