In This Mind of Mine: Volume I

By Irene Sankey

This book contains poems and stories that carry meaning. Throughout the years, I have written hundreds and hundreds of pieces. You don't see them all because I was scared of what everyone else thought. After each notebook or paper was written, I burned it in my grandpa's fireplace. As I had gotten older, I realized I never wanted to burn away my words anymore. Everyone deserves to be heard, no matter how small the words are.

These poems and short stories are all gonna be different. They all bear various emotions and results, as life does too. Love, sadness, loneliness, and happiness are the core conscience in the human body. I had difficulty separating those emotions, so I had developed a fake smile for whenever I felt not okay. I hope this shines a little understanding of what was in a little-troubled human being's mind.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Page Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Feb 28, 2023
• ISBN: 9781662482816

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In This Mind of Mine

Volume I

Irene Sankey

Copyright © 2023 Irene Sankey

All rights reserved

First Edition

PAGE PUBLISHING

Conneaut Lake, PA

First originally published by Page Publishing 2023

ISBN 978-1-6624-8280-9 (pbk)

ISBN 978-1-6624-8281-6 (digital)

Printed in the United States of America

Table of Contents

Introduction

At the Time of Dawn

When I First Saw You

Beyond My Thoughts of You

Wise Moon's Tale

On This Blank Canvas of Mine

Come Back Soon

That First Hello

Where Did You Go?

Thinking of Silly Dreams

Just in a Split Second

As Daisy Carries On

Looking through Broken Glass

First Losing What You Seek

The Thing That Dwells on My Mind

I Think I'm Done Waiting for You

I Don't Deserve You

Walking Around This World Clueless

As I Sit upon This Boulder

Fake Gun

Lying with the Stars

As She Dances

Pressure on the Log

Overthinking Love and Happiness

Fighting the Brick Wall

Simply Knowing

Beautiful She Calls Me

About the Author

In memory of my beloved mother, Daisy

Dedicated to my grandmother Margaret Behan. Her motivation for writing a book was endless. She gave me that little power and faith for the steps I was to face. I'm scared of always looking forward, but her kind and deep words had always been set in stone in my heart. Over the years, I came to the conclusion that my words should also be heard.

Aho niskit, Margaret. I love you infinitely.

Introduction

When writing everything that comes to mind, you can say anything that'll make you feel better. Where you don't want anyone to see what you feel, you rip out pages and try to start over again. No matter what, those feelings