
She knew it was his sickness
But she held it as their secret
No one saw the worms of deceit
Because she painted perfect pictures
On a beautiful bloody canvas
On Saturday January 26th, my first book, Naked Reflections: Shamelessly Sensual Poetry, was published on Amazon. I am more than excited, elated, and thrilled. It’s a new feeling, an emotion that must be closely related to Joylicious!
I credit my Naked Reflections blog where I spent countless hours writing and posting, creating 30 Day Writing Challenges to conquer, finding the right word for the right picture, and just enjoying my personal writing time. I had so much fun!
If only I would have known a few years ago that I would embark on the self-publishing journey, then I would have probably done all this much sooner. But this just goes to show how paralyzing fear can be when one is trying to accomplish a goal, and how much it can interfere with your success. When my mother was still alive and well, she was waiting for me to publish my writing. She was courageous in her fight against cancer, and here I was being bullied by my own mental bondage.
All I can say now is, there is no reason to fear stepping out to try something new. The only fear now is if I let my momentum slow down. I have to keep writing, keep my motivation to push through frustration, and feed my desire to publish more because it makes no sense to keep written treasures locked up in my computer.
Thank you for being faithful followers of my writing and for being supportive both near and far!
I love you all and pray for every desire of your hearts to come abundantly.
Visit Amazon to order your copy today!!
SULTRY
I feel it in my soul
Deep down to my core
It leaks through each pore
Until I can hardly take any more
You look into my eyes
Touching my heart through
Everything you love to do
Giving me all of you
On a sultry night
I crave you
like the cool side of
the pillow
On a chilly day
I lean into you
Letting your passion ignite
my skin
making me sultry
and free to love you
over and over
again
DRUM
AUTOCORRECT
If I could autocorrect aloud like technology autocorrects silently
I would tell you that there is no such word as “snuck”
I would tell you that “orientate” reveals your confusion
I would respond to your status updates with “rough draft, please revise”
When you misspell a name on Facebook,
I would autocorrect it and unfriend you
I would ask you if you were intentionally saying “I”
when you should have used “me”
And give you the autocorrection for her not “she”
Autocorrect assumes you don’t know
that’s why it’s AUTO…but auto implies SELF
and your SELF doesn’t correct
I would autocorrect your misuse of “your” and your never use of “you’re”
I would tell you that “supposably” is opposable and nonexistent
And you’re not showing your knowledge at all
I would ask you if “then” equals “than”
Or did you intend to compare a transition in time
Before I sleep each night
I would turn off my autocorrect
allowing myself to dream of an automatically correct world
and awaken to a clear mind at the dawn of a new morning
CHOICES
If I choose darkness
I am judged by the light
If I choose black
I disrespect white
If I choose negative
I am killing positive
If I choose chocolate
I am anti-vanilla
If I choose God
I repel Satan
BUT…
If I choose the Light
I am judged in darkness
If I choose white
I am a sell-out Black
If I choose positive
I conquer negative
If I choose vanilla
I crave chocolate
BUT…
If I choose what’s best
I choose me
OREOS
Oreo Cookies
a lifetime favorite
pull the chocolate cookies apart
Inspect the cream
Some eat it first
scrape it with your bottom teeth
Some share the cream
with each cookie
lick it ’til it’s gone
I gently shove
the creamy filling off
discarding
Flakes of white cream
on my napkin
Alas,
Dipping the cookie in milk
watching the sog
settle at the bottom
of my glass
awaiting the final drink
of milk flavored with
little
soggy
cookie bits