Barren Wasteland: A Collection of Provocative Poems

By Veronica Ellen

What do you do when there is nothing you can do? When life creates circumstances which are inescapable and traumatic, all one can do to survive is to eradicate the poison from their spirits and persevere through the hardships anyway. Barren Wasteland is a collection of emotionally intense poems which are a response to many controversial issues faced both first-hand by the poet, and collectively as a society. There are times one can feel that everything has been lost, and hope becomes an impossibility. Our minds can become like a barren wasteland: beneath the garbage lies the richest and most fertile soil to plant the seeds of the future in. We grow the most in our darkest times, and it is our choice whether we see obstacles- or opportunities. From addiction to abusive relationships, and even suicide, few stones are left unturned in this rich volume of thought-provoking and soul-felt poetry.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Apr 15, 2013
• ISBN: 9781481719292

Veronica Ellen

Veronica Ellen is an aspiring young Canadian writer, whose poetry is often influenced by spiritual and philosophical matters. She began writing as a child, and was published in the Canadian Anthology of Verse in 2003 and 2004. She is planning on writing her first fiction novel this year. Believing that revenge is a dish best served with an appetizer of success and a side of in-your-face, she hopes to inspire others who are going through difficult times in their lives, and hopes that her experiences can provide some comfort to anyone who needs it. Also a student who works full time, she lives in Ontario, Canada. In her spare time she enjoys creating jewellery, meditation, and reading tarot cards. Her most inspired poetry is written when she is supposed to be sleeping, but has lines running through her mind that demand to be written down.

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Published by AuthorHouse 04/12/2013

ISBN: 978-1-4817-1926-1 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4817-1928-5 (hc)

ISBN: 978-1-4817-1929-2 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2013903200

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Contents

A Personified Sunrise

Melodious Mirage

Bitter (All I Can Taste)

Eclipse

Shadow Fox

Sodom And Gomorrah

Warrior

Millionaires

Four Thousand Miles Ago

One Day

Torrential Downpour

Nothing Left To Burn

Memories Are Ghosts

Far From Nice

Ground You Stand Upon

Intriguing Introspections

Lamenting On Woeful Street

Personal Aptitude

Say My Prayers

Sadness

Carefully Pointless

Danger Of Safety

Breathe

My Pet Elephant

The Deal

Extensions Of Self

The Right Choice

Emancipation

Behind The City Lights

Honourable

Luminescence

Drowning In Blue

Forbidden

Affectionate Amour

12 Steps of The Break-Up Junkie

Proximity Of You

You Are Mistaken

Arms I Call Home

The Insurmountable Mountain

Spit Fire

True Blood

On Repeat In My Head

First Time You Love Someone

Sparkling Strawberries

Strong Enough

Unknowingly Knowing Me

Around The World

Turpenwine

Counter-Action

Cultural Commentary

Oscillating

Innocent Blindsides

Sense/Reflect

Corruption Station

Duped

The Puzzle Which Shapes Itself

Decree

A Darker Shade of Dismal

Cycles of Life

Panic Attack

Hidden Vulnerabilities

Pervert’s Perfect Fantasy

In Satan’s Eyes

Rise Above

Yielding Unconscious

Five Little Piggies

Saccharine Serenity

I’m Not That Girl

Promised Land

Crack, Crevice and Vein

Healing Balm

Angel Of Mercy

Transmuted

Where The Soul Reflects

River Runs Dry

Finding (The Truth)

Soul-Soaring

It All Ends With Faith

The Dove

Fallen Angels

Somber Hollows

Confessions Of A Commitment-Phobe

  Cry  

Always There For Me

Broken Promises

(Rom)anti-thesis

In My Heart Of Hearts

Sunshine

When Right Love Turns Left

Loose Leaf

A Thousand Times

Grandma (I Love You)

A Genuine Apology

It’s Not Over, It’s a Hiatus

Haunted November

Venomous and Hungry

Ghost

Brazen Blaze

Re: Incarnation

To Rub The Salt In

Clandestine Confessionals

Message to Me 2.0

A Lesson In Empathy

The Child Inside (Still Bleeding)

Unbroken China Doll

Fight Me Like A Man

In My Consecrated Bed

Anti-Histamine

A Personified Sunset

About the Author

A Personified Sunrise

Cold, sleepy clouds stretch up to give their good morning kiss to the Sun, who is now leisurely casting pure light in the dark dwellings of the world. The water below is still, and smooth as glass. Effortlessly, the water mirrors back to the heavens its own image of warm and magnificent light. The tiny mortals—specks of blood in the Sun’s Divine vision, glistening their truth back up to the sky. Light knows where she spreads herself, never losing contact with the droplets which think themselves invisible. Unknowing of the truth, shards hidden by darkness quiver in fear they’ve been lost. Wispy clouds drip their balmy rain upon us when they become heavy and need to purge themselves.

Closed flowers are looming patiently upon the river banks, soaking up the bright shine of day. Opening slowly, blooming rather suddenly—like children. Relief scents their breathing. Inspiring and silent, only the birds make their peeps. The mortals who fade, and most other life still sound asleep. No illusion of society could shatter this perfect paradise, for this is the world we live in and upon. No other stolen moment so Divine as the Dawn. As the sheer golden beams share translucent shimmer with the land and seas, anything is born. All possibilities have now been unleashed.

Melodious

Mirage

Bitter (All I Can Taste)

When did cold freeze me over?

How is a fool imbued with wisdom?

When did yellow and green bruises

fade into faded blue?

Why did life shape me so misconstrued?

All of my loveliness, frozen into cruel.

Immobilized by self-blame,

still sleeping with my shame.

Everything goes and changes,

my sorrows still remain.

And now I, I have a mean vein

so I’m gonna bleed my pain

from a heart colder than winter,

all I can taste is bitter.

Time finds my wounds refusing to heal,

iron pain all I know is real.

In your hands, you hold all my vows.

Your eyes leave me breathless,

Easily melting away all my defenses.

But what I believed was pure

became meaningless for you

Acrid bitterness knows no cure.

My heart is torn between

what you say and what you mean.

I can’t show you all my cards;

and while I love you truly-madly

I’m not sure who you are.

Immobilized by self-blame,

still sleeping with my shame.

Everything goes and changes,

my sorrows still remain.

And now I, I have a mean vein

so I’m gonna bleed my pain

from a heart colder than winter,

all I can taste is bitter.

Eclipse

Rain was slamming down

against the window glass.

Last time I saw your face

spoke those unspoken words

Well my heartache came to pass

Now I’m right where I belong-

out of place.

Get ready to see what my smile hides

Say goodbye to the surface light

and hello to the darkness inside

Forget every soft whisper

that ever tumbled from my lips

forget about the peace I promised

Here comes the eclipse.

I was in your arms

telling you I loved you

succumbing to your charms

I surrendered to you then

now I want to do battle

you mess me up inside

my cage is so easy to rattle

So get ready to see what my smile hides

Say goodbye to the surface light

and hello to the darkness inside

Forget every soft whisper

that ever tumbled from my lips

forget about the peace I promised

Here comes the eclipse.

I bring out the best in you

you bring out the worst in me

I want to make you bleed

while you’re loving me weak in the knees

and you love me, I hate you loving me

so good so tender

you want the war over

I want to fight you forever

So get ready to see what my smile hides

Say goodbye to the surface light

and hello to the darkness insideForget