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In Step
This book was originally written in the early 2000’s, when “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” was still in place. At that time, it was difficult to see any change in laws like these, and it was hard for some to go about with their career choices due to the barrier on their private relationships. I wrote this book to show how the acceptance in the liberal world was different than the acceptance in the conservative world. I felt that the topic needed to have a voice and having a first-hand perspective in situations like these, I thought that it would be better to put a personality and voice to the people that had to deal with issues like this. Though the inspiration of this book was through my experiences, nothing in the book itself is based on a true story.
Running Its Course
Running Its Course was originally one of the first books that I had written. I wrote this book when I was eighteen, and it has small reflections of my young self and how I viewed the world at that time. I chose to publish it due to the fact that I think that it shows a lot of growth in my writing, and it also mirrors some of the experiences that I had that made me the writer that I am today. Though, I wouldn’t mark this as my best work, I think it is important to contribute it to my collection. I hope you take the time to read it. Maybe, it will remind you of your own self-growth.
PTSD
Stress
Unforseen
Unimaginable
The PTSD
It is incredible
Those that are without
They don’t understand
How you can be in one place
And then in another
So fast
The pain
It sinks
Into your skin
The memories
They know
How to get in
The thoughts of the past
Are like a wild dream
The thoughts come fast
And stream like cable TV
The feelings are real
Even though it’s now and not then
The shakes and the chills
Who are my friends
The memories so clear
Where is the end
But no one can hear
The pain in your head
Intimate
A KISS
A dance
A stance
A moment
In sync
You think
If you think too hard
That you’ll ruin it
A touch
So deep
Your heart
Can’t keep
Up with the emotions that silently
Come through
So real
So intimate
So amazingly real
It’s not all about the physical
The mental and emotional
Play a part
But with all three
You feel beautiful
Like a rare piece of art
Failure
Unraveling
A strip of events
And hence
Promoting things that are possible
But things a person still cannot comprehend
For some if not many
Need proof to see
The possibility of achieving dreams
Confirmation is difficult for them that find
If not seen by their own eyes
It is hard to comprehend the idea of being wrong
But if seen through it is easier to understand
Contradiction speaks of this
Because what is one losing by being wrong
It is just a defense mechanism
Of a person afraid to fail
Because if being wrong is such a fear
Then why not take the chance by hoping one is right
The end result is always one or the other
The failure can be taken in stride
And yet a human is so afraid to go against his or her own pride
Snow
The white specks
Blankening the trees
The houses
The scenery
The ground
A true testiment of the cold and bitter to some
A new slate to others
Wiping away the thoughts of before
Covering it slowly
Like an eraser
Starting a new beginning
Not dwelling on that which has happened
But on the future to come
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