The Naked Truth: The Road to Heaven Starts at the Cross

By Allen Richey

The Naked Truth, by poet Allen Richey, is a story about a never-ending love between a man and a womana relationship that will last forever and a day. The context is of raw emotion put into words; it is not for the faint of heart.

This story is a wild ride, with its ups and downs, laughter and tears. A few say that, while in love, only the strong survive, but sometimes it takes a strength outside ourselves to survive some of the things we live through.

While writing of life and love, Richey also mixes his poetry with politics, ideas of spirituality, and some Native American wisdom. The writing is not meant to be offensive, but, rather, thought- provoking. Some of the poems hit hard at the realities of life, such as the cruelties of a tax system and simply becoming a slave to a job ("Taxpayer Blues") or surviving the hardships of life ("New Beginnings"). Each and every poem was born from a personal experience of Allen Richey, but, in a broader sense, the compilation explores the real-life circumstances that we all live through daily. In essence, Richey's poems touch the soul and help one "look past the veil."

• Language: English
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Release date: Feb 11, 2013
• ISBN: 9781475953718

Allen Richey

Poet Allen Richey started writing poems and songs in the seventh grade. While in school he enjoyed visiting the library, drawing inspiration from authors such as Louis L’Amour, Edgar Allan Poe, and Henry David Thoreau. To Richey, reading a book was like watching a movie. Amongst some favorite subjects were books on past civilizations, ancient history, and biographies of pioneers, explorers, and missionaries. Richey was always reading. After high school, Richey traveled, ending up for a few years in places such as Ecuador and Mexico. These two periods in his life are significant because that is where he became an avid reader and firm believer in the Bible. In consequence, Richey has biblical references incorporated into his poetry and songwriting. Also after living abroad for ten years, Richey was able to develop an outside perspective on United States’ politics, a subject which still intrigues him today. For example, while in Ecuador, Richey lived in a political atmosphere of Communism and military dictatorship, a complete contrast to the current democracy within the United States. Also, while in Mexico, he was able to see the stark difference between the “Haves” and the “Have-Nots”: the middle class was non-existent. Because of these contrasting experiences, Allen Richey shares a unique political viewpoint in his writing.

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The Naked Truth

The Road to Heaven Starts at the Cross

Copyright © 2013 by Allen Richey.

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Contents

Part I Touching your Soul: Words About Love, Life and Death

The Toad Song

My Angel Smiles

She Loved to be Loved

The Creek is A Rising

Thinking of You

A Temporary Convenience

Where Is My Honey?

I Just Want To Be With You

Looking

Baby, Come to Me

Finally Free

There’s Something Missing

She Is

Baby, Talk To Me

I Don’t Want To Be Alone

There Ain’t No Good in Goodbye

Baby, I’m Coming Home

Be My Baby Tonight

Baby; Goodbye

I Met A Lady

When I Look Into Your Eyes

She Loved Me

First Time

I’m Just Missing My Baby

Sing to Me, Sue

Just Say No

Jenny Lynn

Lost in a Memory

Heart to Heart

I’m a Love Bandit

Betty Boop and Butterflies

Seven Ways from Sunday

Will You Be?

Apache Woman

My Own Kind of Misery

Paths

Hey, Pretty Baby

Look At Me, Baby

Loving You

Just for Loving You

It’s a Beautiful Thing

Our Life

Long Nights

Broken Heart

Drama Mama

California Girl

I Get High

Murphy’s Barmaids

My Best Friend is Beer

A Woman Like You

Filling Empty Spaces

Got Music?

The Deep End

A Memory

The Buffalo Song

Anywhere

If You Could Only Love Me

It’s Just You

Just Me and You

Missing You

Pretty Mama

I’m Gone

Birds

Mustang Girl

What I’ve Been Looking For

Bubs

Give Me a Reason

What I Want to Do

Forever Together

My Little Hurricane

Heartbeat

I Love You

Living In the Past

Bring Out the Best

A Broken Promise

Part II Fanning the Flame: Words for Tea Party Members and Patriots

The American Dream?

Wake Up People!

Listen

Taxpayer Blues

Can You Hear?

When a Warrior Cries

Smalltown U.S.A.

I Will Sleep Forever Tonight

Baby, I’m Doing What’s Right

Angels and Outlaws

Weary Warrior

Arkansas

Girly Man

The Price Wasn’t Right

WHY?

Two Ways of Living

Rich Man, Poor Man

The Grey and The Blue

A Ballad for Joe Stack

We Lived With Our Boots On

Standing Strong

Jesse James

Guitars and Guns

Part III Looking Past the Veil: Words About Love and Life after Death

My Butterfly

Where Angels Sing

My Baby’s In Heaven

Pure Love

You’re My Jesus

Soul Lover

Jesus is Coming

All Over Heaven

He Ain’t in the Tomb

Man on a Tree

Facing Reality

The Angels See

In My Dreams

No More to Say

New Beginnings

My Final Farewell

No Regrets

Stay in the Light

The First Kiss

He Started Loving Her Today

I’m On My Way

My Prayer

Life

Mr. Lonely

God’s Little Sparrow

Places

Standing On The Brink

Let Me Know

Time Stood Still

Snuggling

I’m Lost

I Have Been Loved

Hiding

The Veil

Wounded Souls

For Glenda; The Lover Of My Heart

Some come from the Halls of Heaven

Some come from the depths of hell

All come from my heart.

Part I

Touching your Soul:

Words About Love, Life

and Death

The Toad Song

We are headed for the West Coast line.

The sky is blue, the weather is fine.

This old diesel is purring like a cat.

We pass a pretty girl, so I tip my hat.

We are burning up the road,

With a hot and heavy load.

The CB is swacking,

I hear people talking;

Hey, I just ran over a toad.

Shutting her down for a bite to eat,

Our waitress is cute and really sweet.

I manage to get her number and name,

But this time, I have no time;

Oh, what a shame.

Heading out early, the CB gives out a shout.

It’s Old Lead Bottom on that 66 Route.

In two hours he’ll be where he wants to be.

He’s giving out a shout just checking up on me.

We are coming in on a Wing and a Prayer.

Thanking the Good Lord we made it there.

All the way we didn’t see a cop.

The food was good and the coffee hot.

My Angel Smiles

When I wake up in the morning,

And I look into your eyes,

You mean more to me

Than I ever realized.

When it’s cold outside,

You always warm my day.

I can’t wait to get home,

So I can say:

You are my Angel in the morning,

You are my Angel at night,

You are my Angel that smiles at me

When I get it right.

I’m just a man,

Sometimes as foolish as can be,

But it’s worth the world

When my Angel smiles at me.

Whatever I do,

Wherever I go,

There is something

I will always know:

I have someone waiting

That’s warm and true,

And, that someone,

My Angel, is