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About I Find You In The Darkness: Poems
Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. I Find You in the Darkness Poems By Alfa St. Martin's PressCopyright © 2018 St. Martin's Press All rights reserved. ISBN: 978-1-250-20262-8 Contents Title Page, Copyright Notice, VESPER, Past holding, Windmill, Get to it, Death, Visitation, Just like you used to do, Consoling, Someone's forever, Hungry, Selfish, Player, Enough, Are you ready?, Crescent moon, The ugly, Boulders, Home, Secrets, Departure, Optional, Seams, Promises, We became one, Mess, Chances, Star gazing, Forgery, Secret, Permanent ink, Scattered, Good morning, Surfacing, Winter, Audience, Comatose, Innocence, Duplicate, Homestead, Flowers, Fragrance, Weight, I understand, Time, Curve, Rush, Hourglass, Transfer, Iridescent, Running, Almost, Eruptions, Monster, Warrior princess, Maybe, Crowded soul, Devour, Wreckage, Today, Let it happen, Insomnia, Stalled, Leave, Give it, EVENTIDE, Left behind, You did not leave, Stumble, Splayed, Sword, Plain, Pulling away, Untouched, Feelings, Seeking, Questioning love, Boomerang, Talk to me, Insensitive, Pliable, Overwhelmed, Passion-filled life, Singing canary, Rewrite, Pedestal, Mind-bending, Presence, Reflection, Invisible, Bathed in memories, Levy, Lighthouse, Soul collapse, Dreams come true, Almost the truth, Owning a heart, Destination, Judgment, New love, Caretaker, Missing, Fairytale, Martini grin, Proximity, Where were you?, The beginning, Coursing, Forest, Depression, Inhale, Make room, What got lost, Breaking, Reservoir, Counterfeit, Discard, Stir, Breath holding, Thunderclap, Locked out, I am not an enigma, Sleep never comes, Pavement, Deserving, Roundtable, Hidden heart, Letters, Cascading, Thinking, Prideful, Immersed, Misunderstanding, AURORA, For keeps, Love yourself, Ear plugs, Does he, One year from now, Erasure, Rebuilt, Whole, Rain, Whim, When the rain comes, Something clicks, Pulse, Potholes, Hearing voices, He wanted to marry, Shine on, Gray, Inspiration, Clothe, Abandoned, I am no closer, Silence, I see you, Moon holding, Shattered breakups, Regret, Conjure, Miraculous life, Captive, Devastation, Halfway, Hurt, Dangerous, Forever, Smolder, A lifetime love, Always still there, Silent heart, Healing, Transparent, Forgiveness, Forgiving me, Floored, Rise and stand, Mind tricks, Chasing home, Slight, Yesterday, Settling, Sunshine, Come Back, About the Poet, Copyright, CHAPTER 1 VESPER Past holding They tell me I'm weak because I hold on to my love for you. But they do not know the amount of strength required in never letting go. Windmill You are encountering a heart that is returning home from war. It needs love — but it needs understanding more. It has seen things that may not make sense to you, or may not affect you in the same way ... maybe these things would never have broken you. Loss is funny that way. Some people get through grieving gracefully, and go on to fill the emptiness with a new adventure. But this heart is a windmill, with love flowing round and round its center. It's not a gentle breeze that cascades slowly across a field of untouched wildflowers, but is a whirlwind that has been harnessed by the storage of suppressed storms. And this heart is trying to find a way to channel this power for good. Because it knows that pain can be transformed into beauty, if it is released in a way that helps someone else get through their own heartache. Get to it It seems like you have it all figured out. Grieve. Get through it. And then get to it. But what if my get to it is merely to get through the grieving — over and over again. Death We hold hands and tell each other how sorry we are. We endure. We comfort the only way we know how. We hold, we hug, we weep. We sing song stories of remember when ... recalling when a person was young and stood on bold legs, having had more days in front of them than behind them. We play the highlight reel. We share pictures and stories. We celebrate life when there is a death. We give the person l
