Aftermath

By Lynn Daniels

Choice is a guiding principle of life. One where the end result is not always limited to the fortunes of one individual. In modern society, choice has become a source of conflict. It has divided families, friends and even nations. It has even led some to adopt causes designed to deny other groups the option of choice. Aftermath is a poetic rendition of the consequence of choice. The poems in this book are designed to take readers on personal, social, emotional and political journey through the fallout of life-changing events and decisions.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lynn Daniels
• Release date: May 23, 2017
• ISBN: 9781370442034

Lynn Daniels

Lynn Daniels is retired, with hours and hours to write the next great novel. Worlds come alive in my head, characters stand over her shoulder, and sometimes they wake her up at night. All of them want to come alive, to have their stories written. No matter how she thinks the story should go, it goes according to how the character decides it should. An evil character finds redemption. A beloved character is massacred for no good reason. They all write their own stories.The ideas come to her, the character develops a personality, and the result is a book. She sincerely hopes that everyone will love her books, but she knows that what she writes isn’t for everyone, and that’s okay. She simply wants to bring life and color into the world through the pages of her books. Every time someone buys a book, or leaves a review, she's delightfully surprised. She offers her eternal gratitude to all of you, for reading what she has written, and allowing her to become a small part of your life.

Book preview

One year after the fact

One year after the freedom

No chance to break away from the pain

No chance to properly heal

One year after the fact

One year after the reveal

Too hard to suppress circumstance

Too hard to start brand new

One year after the fact

One year after rock bottom

Identity remains lost in the darkness

Identity remains mischaracterized

Standing in the Same Place

There will always be an urge to look to the past

And repeat it

Words that made no sense yesterday

Are much clearer today

It takes time to mull over things

And revisit old thoughts

Trying to find answers

To still burning questions

Because life changed so much,

Yet it didn't change at all

Made It through Hell

One more day

One more chance

To put words on a sheet of paper

To let long-stifled ideas out in the open

I'll always remember the day when this journey began

I'll always remember the day when it almost came to an end

The past cries out

Begging to be heard

Pleading to be seen

The present pauses

Frozen in time

Stuck in place

The future remains out of reach

Dreams remain invisible

Looking forward remains unclear

Inside the Writer's Mind

Kick around a few ideas today

One of them seemed brilliant

That one solid breakthrough to turn everything around

Build the plan

Set it in motion

See it fizzle out

Life hates to be structured

Fate brings hope back down to Earth

The one great idea didn't work out too well

Second guesses filter in

Questioning the motivation to stick around

Walking away seems imminent

Kick around a few ideas