Between Prayer and Sin: A Real-Life Poetry

By Tracy Reynolds

What If

What if I stopped worrying
Let God take care of it all
Prayed til the sun came up
Prayed til the night would fall

What if I gave my all
To do everything He said
Kept my body sacred
Kept my bible read

What if I moved fearlessly
To make my dreams come true
Living life on purpose
Living for me and not you

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Dec 6, 2013
• ISBN: 9781493129812

Tracy Reynolds

Tracy B. Reynolds has over 14 years of experience in the field of Human Resources Management. In the early part of her career, she taught courses such as Business Management, Organizational Behavior and Human Resources Practices to adult-learners at LeTourneau University and University of Phoenix. As a college facilitator, she found great fulfillment in assisting the process of self-actualization and career preparation for her students. Tracy has a broad range of skills that includes HR Consulting, HR Columnist/Writer, Training and Employee Development, Talent Acquisition as well as a technical background in Medical Technology: Microbiology and Virology. Tracy is a certified Professional in Human Resources who currently works at a nonprofit organization. One of her many responsibilities is to ensure quality talent acquisition through effective recruitment and employer branding. In order to satisfy this goal, Tracy has conducted extensive outreach and established partnerships with various schools in the Houston and surrounding areas. Tracy has attained first-hand knowledge of the characteristic traits and competencies required to be successful in the workplace; and enjoy pounding the pavement to share this knowledge with jobseekers. She serves on several national and local advisory boards and has performed as a platform speaker for Ultimate Software. Tracy and her husband are proud parents of two exceptionally wonderful little people. Author of Job Time: HR Book for Job Seekers and Between a Prayer and Sin

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Copyright © 2013 by Tracy Reynolds, MPA, PHR.

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Rev. date: 12/03/2013

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Contents

Anjali

Re-Defined

A Voice

Age-less

Spring Break!

Bridle my Tongue

Bye-Bye Chance

Caged Thoughts

Camouflage

Change

Change II

Charge Forward!

Christ-is

Climbing the Ladder

Come Today

Empty

Fanatic Woman

Flame

Flowers

Freedom Dance

Get Up!

Your Message

Grace

Hands Up

Hoodie

House Rock!

I’m Coming Back

Stop It!

Blame

Let it Roll

Love Right

Music

No More Promises

Oh, Happy Day

Out of Yesterday

Painted Faces

Partisan

Personal Dealings

Prowl

Quality Woman Ratio

Question

Our Youth

Rear View

Rethink your Thinking

Role-Reversed

Roll-Call!

Feeling It!

Separation

Simple Lessons

Sleep Walking

Summer Drought

Sunday Morning!

Sweet Music

Temporary

The Company you Keep

Thistory

Trapped

Upward Moving

Vegas-life

Welcome Back

What If

What is Favor?

Neither Here nor There

Accountability

Woe-man (Woman)

Working the Room

World Waiting

Your Problem, Not Mine

Your Waters

Thank you to everyone who believes that poetry is still a worthwhile and meaningful literary expression. I hope you enjoyed reading Between a Prayer and Sin.

Thank you for your support!

For my children

Anjali

Little pigtails barely wagging

Skipping in and out everywhere

Dazing up at mommy

To see what makeup she’ll wear

Playing in every room in the house

Crying to clean it all up

Snacking every second of the hour

Sipping out of three cups

With two dresses laid out on the bed

In the mirror with hands in her head

Only a true princess would really care

How a four year old should wear her hair

Pristine as royalty regularly refined

Swift as the smartest and getting better

With time

Heartbeats increase if she has not a choice

Tears roll down if you raise your voice

Cherished as the gem hardest to find

Is this precious little sweetie of mine

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Re-Defined

Love is medicinal

Friends are therapeutic

Breathing is optional

Grace is never substituted

Flowers are the most symbolic

Holiness is the greatest feeling

Confidence is mandatory

Knowledge is accessibility

Creativity is characteristic

Character is defining

Laughter is healthy

Companionship is worthy

Hope is a prerequisite to happiness

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A Voice

Hear the whisper…

A message that guides

Warmth that confides deep within

It softly warns us to…

Be careful with whom you