Raising My Voice: The Inside Edition of Poetry

By Melinda E. Feliciano

Revealing the ups and downs of lifes journey and experiences, author Melinda E. Feliciano presents a poetry collection that summarizes her story and how she has dealt with the drama in her past.

Through this introspection, Feliciano explores the range of emotions one experiences in personal matters and relationships while maturing from childhood through adolescence to adulthood. In Who Am I, she reflects on her past, present, and future. / Who am I as a person / Who really knows me / Even those who known me for a long time / Still wonder who I really am / I could be the good girl / Or I could be the bad girl / Who am I really / No one would ever / know / My life had its up and down / Being me hasnt been easy / Who am I now / Nothing comes breezy / Life takes drastic turns / You wonder where itll take you / Who will believe in me anyway / Then who am I today /

Raising My Voice delves into Felicianos inner self and serves as fodder for others to consider who they have been and what they have become.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Trafford Publishing
• Release date: Aug 31, 2010
• ISBN: 9781426937071

Melinda E. Feliciano

Melinda Feliciano was born in Salem, Massachusetts, and grew up in Boston. Now thirty years old, she has been living in Dorchester for twenty years. Feliciano decided to become a writer while attending junior high school.

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ALIVE

I feel so alive now

Now that I can breathe

I didn’t know how

But I felt so relieved

Being alive feels so good

That I don’t want to go back

Somehow I knew I would

And somehow it made me think back

I’m going to stay alive as long as I can

Forever and ever

It’s what I had planned

And it’s for the better

I’m alive today

I didn’t know why

I’m going to stay that way

Till the day I die

ANGEL

You’re like an angel from the sky

Living in a darkness shadow

Seeing and believing these heartless little lies

Changing the mysteries in life and hollow

I came to understand this angel of mine

Giving all these demands

Not knowing if it will give me a sign

Or just try to lend me a helping hand

It’s hard to give an angel a stare

For what I thought it was meant to be

Yet I was unaware

Hoping that it would set me free

Never knowing what to expect with this angel from above

You tried to come around but you didn’t hear what I said

Nothing will be the same with this angel that I love

When I’m sitting here waiting for you on my bed

BREAKAWAY

It’s time to breakaway from this life

And never look back

I never knew how things would turn out like

When everything went out of whack

When I decided to breakaway

I didn’t knew how it was going to turn out like

I didn’t want to get carried away

But I wasn’t going to go down without a fight

To breakaway on my own for the first time

It would be hard to stay intact

Without a nickel or a dime

I had to take it for a fact

I have to take a chance

And to make a change

Without taking a stance

And to breakaway by looking at things strange

BREATHE

Now that I can breathe on my own

I was never going to be alone

Didn’t know what lay ahead

I still be here till the end

Let me breathe again

Can you just be my friend

Don’t try to hold me back

I just didn’t know how I was going to react

It’s not so easy to breathe

But I do my best at ease

I was kind of relieved

Seeing everything to clear and brief

When I breathe I feel so alive

I didn’t want to take it in stride

But everything felt so real

Making me wonder what was the deal

CARING

I never stopped caring about you

And I don’t think I will

I didn’t know what I was going to do

I didn’t know how my life be fulfilled

Why are you so caring to me

What did it mean to me

I just wanted to take it slow

And let it be

Is it so hard to be so caring

Just let your emotions go and stop worrying

Can we just get along and be sharing

Just stay cool keep it flowing

Stay as caring as you are

Stay as sweet as you can be

Just make sure that you make it far

And not just for me

CHOICES

We all have choices in life and we want to be accepted

I always have choices but didn’t know what they mean

We’re scared in our lives that at times we feel rejected

That nothing we say is heard or unseen

I knew that there were a lot of choices to be made

I didn’t know what to do

Thinking it would drive me crazy

But it felt too good to be true

Why am I making all these choices now

Hoping that you would understand and come back

Believing everything I heard would come true

But nothing would be the same again

With all these choices