Secrets of the Heart: Poetry That Explains What We Are Truly Feeling

By Michael Vincent Dlask

Secrets of the Heart, Michael Vincent Dlasks second poetry collection, expresses the challenges of everyday life that he faced. Sometime he disappeared into the background and felt as though his existence was being ignored by everyone. This collection of heartfelt poetry strives to help people understand that even though everyday life might be hidden, its never forgotten.

Dlasks poetry symbolizes the realism and hardship that many people try to hide from others each and every day. The messages of these poems provide a better, more nuanced perspective on the life we live. Believe in yourself and learn to trust your inner-self. Remember the heart is the key to complete and total happiness. Fill it with love instead of regret, peace instead of hatred, and truth instead of constant lies. No matter what, just be yourself.

• Language: English
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Release date: May 4, 2011
• ISBN: 9781450237468

Michael Vincent Dlask

Born on March 1, 1977 at 5:06pm, Michael Vincent Dlask has been a typical person who has a hidden talent and passion for poetry. At a young age, he has developed these skills as an intereflection of his mind. Being raised in Chicago IL, he is the middle child of five kids, and everything was a challenge to him. He is the type to tell you the exact truth as long as you are willing to listen. He might come to many people as a fake, but I assure you that he is 100% real. No matter what, he is the type to achieve his goals and dreams and doesn’t let anybody get in the way of that. He is the type that if he likes you he would make sure to his ability that you are well taken care of with no harm done. His ambition to do things for himself is phenomenal. He makes sure that if he wants something he tries his best to get it. There is something about him that makes you want to do wonderful things. He is a well-rounded person. He enjoys being around his niece Madison. But also deep down in his heart he would love to be with his wonderful niece Kaitlyn, who isn’t here anymore. His interests include playing pool, enjoys movies, and being able to have fun and be serious at the same time. All in all Michael is a great poet and has many hopes and dreams to make sure that the people that are dear to him, especially Frank and Patricia (his older brother and older sister), who would never forget him.

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Contents

Alone

Anger

Beneath

Blind

Change

Competition

Deep

Destiny

Erase

Fall

Fear

Fiction

Fight

Guess

Hope

Hurt

Identity

Integrity

Jewel

Journey

Kind Hearted

Limit

Luck

Madison

Masterpiece

Mirror

Mistake

Normal

Notice

Omen

Ordeal

Passion

Potion

Power

Quest

Quick

Revival

Revolve

Routine

Sustain

Swept

Switch

The Rise

Transparent

Trapped

Treasure

True

Unite

Vanish

Wonder

Wrath

Write

Yield

Zero

Alone

Take away all the fame and fortune and what do you have left

You think they are the only things that you need to be happy

When in fact you don’t need any of the above

The best things might be hidden but they are well kept

If you look hard enough you won’t be able to see

Instead of being pulled closer you would rather shove

Losing everything isn’t the worst of anything

Unless you didn’t have a thing in the world to lose

Many people like to write and most love to sing

While the rest rather forget and go straight to the booze

You should think long and hard and believe in your heart

And treasure the things that are most important to you

It might be nothing to others but it’s all you got

Knowing that you won’t ever change and are not about to start

Faking your ways is the only thing that you can’t do

Trying to be something that you wish you were not

Don’t be the person to be waiting for the ringing of the phone

Because as long as you have something you will never be alone

Anger

Something you can control, most of the time, but not always

That’s why I learned at a young age to occupy my mind

If you think of other things instead of hurting yourself

You’ll find out that it’s not worth getting upset about

And the more anger you acquire, the less you can get rid of it

Ripping your insides, making you suffer for many days

Knowing that soon, your soul is what you must find

So remove your books and put that anger back on the shelf

It’s better there than with you, no matter the amount

Even though we all have it, it’s something we won’t admit

Can’t ask for help, if we’re used to doing it independently

So we torture many different and difficult things

Not knowing how much pain we really were going through

Pulling our lives closer and closer to the limitations of danger

Thinking that flames was the only thing we could see

Learning why we can’t express our true feelings

Making us feel like we didn’t even know what to do

So we should think before we release our anger

Beneath

Many people think that they can tell a person just by the way they look

Making you wonder how it is possible, if they can’t see what’s inside

Sure they can be tough on the outside, but what if it’s a disguise

Never assume the expected, always prepare for the unusual

Because if you are, then there won’t be any hidden surprises

Unless they are so clever to escape your mysterious suspicions

So instead of being quick to the draw, learn to get to know them

Because you’ll never know, what lies beneath their heart

Whatever it might be, you wouldn’t be able to find it in any book

In fact you shouldn’t be shocked