Paradise First: A Book of Poetry

By Ariel Lindus

This Book is a compilation of poetry that I have written from the time I was fourteen. This book is not for young people. It touches on some dark subjects.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Jun 17, 2011
• ISBN: 9781463424183

Ariel Lindus

I was born into an artistic family that believed strongly that reading was important. My father was an English professor and my mother loved all the arts. My parents were also writers themselves. From a young age I learned that writing was a good outlet. I was published in a literary magazine when i was twelve. I have also been published in The International Who's Who in Poetry, Theater of the Mind, The Best Poems and Poets of 2002 and The Flame of Hope I've enjoyed writing poetry since I was very young. I used to write poems about the laundry for my little brothers. As I got older I realized how free poetry really is. It don't have to rhyme or use proper grammar, It just flows and sings and it's beautiful. I've lived in a very small town, Hartford Ohio, my whole life. I grew up with seven brothers and one sister and my parents. I've had allot of support. All my inspiration is here and I've learned to find the beauty in the country and (like everyone else here) the longing for a more exciting life but no matter how many times i visit other places nowhere else quite feels like home.

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© 2011 by Ariel Lindus. All rights reserved.

No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

First published by AuthorHouse 05/25/2011

ISBN: 978-1-4634-1417-7 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4634-2418-3 (ebk)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2011909762

Printed in the United States of America

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Contents

For My Family and Closest Friends

Special Thanks

For Those of You About to Read This

Wandering Mind at Night

Darkness Falls

Beautiful Morning

Screaming in my head

Pain

Frigid Love

Depression

Paradise Lights

Only I

Nightmares

Death of Love

Real Fairytale

Dreams

Learned Along the Way

Lust

Long winter

Heartbroken

All Things Hidden

Helpless, Tired, Hungry

The Dance of the Birds

Hold Me

Trapped

My Addiction

Sun Vs. Moon

The Love That I’m Afraid Of

Broken Heart

You Never Could See

Seeking Out Love

A Valentine Poem for My Love

What I Am

Betrayal By a Friend

Goodbye

Good Morning Love

The Road to You

Painting the Sky

Growing

When You Love

Like a Flower

Just a Kiss

Paradise First

Your Goodbye

Eternally Broken

Hidden in A Friend

Tears

I’ll Talk You Down

Drown

Forbidden love

Becoming Me

My Secret

Old Love

Born to Love You

Damn you!

First love

Lost

When Does Loneliness End

Trying to Reach You

When You Hold Her

Friendship

Her way

Morning

Helping you

Asleep

Liar!

You Are Free

Not more than friends

Unclaimed Longing

Parts of You

Shadows in My Life

For Megan

Life of a Teardrop

Confidence

One Night Stand

Time Goes By, Life Goes On

A Midnight Dream

Give Me A Chance

Summer Storm

Home

Until I Was Gone

You Shouldn’t

Addicted

The Comfort of Night

Twisted Words From The Voices in My Head

And I Thought of You

Your Eyes

The Beating

Dream a Million Dreams

Who Are You?

See Myself

Waters Edge

You Fight What We Fear

Creating People

New Beginning From an Old End

For Mom

Fall of a Strong Girl

Better Off Dead

Lost in the Ripples

His Disguise

Lost

The Mirror

Choking on Your Words

Contradictions

My Daily Struggle

Hope

Touch From a Stranger

A Man

What Was It?

I Close My Eyes

Inner Beauty

Attraction

Secret Affair

The First Time I Truly Met You

And Tears Fall

These Pills

A Lovers Sight

Secret

Could Love Really Live Here?

Questions I Can’t Ask You Out Loud

My Life

Thoughts

Forever

Don’t Leave That Last Drop Left

Eternity

Instant Bliss

Tired

Lies and Promises

Shame

We Knew

My Sanity

Poison Hemlock

This Body

New Life

Eternity I Wish to Find

A Love Outgrown

The Fire Inside

Wasted Years

Searching

Time Slips Away

If I Didn’t Already Love Him

Love

Ending Eternity

To Become Whole

Waking

Just a Dream Away

Tomorrow

Left Them Behind

Words

Little Voice Inside

My First Time

Without Love

For My Family and Closest Friends

You are my inspiration, my life and my heart. Thank-you all for supporting me and believing in me.

Special Thanks

A special thank you to Hawaiian Bryan Mckelvey for the inspiration for title and for giving me the cover art and also to Jessica Matusky for pushing me to get it together. Jessica: Thank you for sitting through my photo shoots and letting me use the pictures, you are the sister to my soul and I love you for that. Bryan, you know I love you; you are part of my family. You will forever be with me no matter where life takes you. I would also like to give a special thanks