A Beautiful Mess

By L.J. Valente

About the Book

Funny how things come around. Now here I am nearing the end of 2017 finishing up my 17th book for two years. To some that may seem like an impossible task...well for me...I guess I have just had a hell of a lot to say about so many things...past...present ...and future..So here I am sitting at Sunset...under the newly covered deck looking out over the parking lot and watching the cars speed up and down SC 170 just taking it all in...

About the Author

L.J. Valente grew up in Natick, Massachusetts. He attended Vanderbilt University School of Engineering. It was there that he began writing and left shortly after to pursue a writing career. After drifting around the US for several years, he found himself married to a Turkish national and living on the Aegean coast of Turkey. While in Turkey, he wrote for Cosmopolitan Magazine Turkey and worked as a translation editor for several publishing houses. In 2014, he returned to the United States and in 2015, he returned to literature. Since then he has published 21 collections of poetry and a collection of short stories.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Ukiyoto Publishing
• Release date: Jun 2, 2019
• ISBN: 9780463788356

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No need to guess

There's something about a beautiful mess

Funny how things come around. Now here I am nearing the end of 2017 finishing up my 17th book for two years. To some that may seem like an impossible task...well for me...I guess I have just had a hell of a lot to say about so many things...past...present ...and future..So here I am sitting at Sunset...under the newly covered deck looking out over the parking lot and watching the cars speed up and down SC 170 just taking it all in...This has been my home away from home as home is only where you lay yor head...for the past few years and thinking about all that has gone on or not...although have been dragged out of here a time or two to explore other places..Savannah and Beaufort...to name the most important...but it all comes back to here...

All the players have been the same...well except for my Sunshine of course...Got to give credit where credit is due...Stacy...a lot of this is straight because of you.

Now of course Buttercup pussycat and my butterfly are still from where a lot of my strength comes from...I could never thank them enough.

With the coming dawn

Wishing the night could just linger on

Maybe without any reason

Except it could just be the season

I would be a liar

If I told you I hadn't noticed the fire

But as it can only inspire

In a way that I never tire

As no one knows

Until one does propose

As time stops or at least slows

Keeping you on your toes

But there's no need

For that kind of speed

Wherever it all can lead

Together we'll write the only book to read

Sometimes it's just like spinning wheels

Or at least how it feels

Just looking for something to grab

Or at least take a stab

Only friends with me

Well that's no way to be

When there are other things to see

Better to share some of that beauty

No need to be sure

What may lie in store

Is different than before

When you thought you knew much more

So why not leave it with might

And keep it all there in sight

May not be perfect but it's right

Somewhere in the night

Give it time and you'll see why

I am not like some other guy

So why not make a try

But you've got to walk before you can fly

Not saying I have it all

A little more short than a lot tall

Not the same on the floor only against the wall

I'll leave that to your call

No chance would be worse to miss

Nothing wrong with a caress and kiss

Now that would be wrong to dismiss

If it didn't come down to this

Still I'll be saying

Not a game I am playing

The choice is yours to be weighing

Just tell me no need for praying

Your wish is my command

But wait that could get out of hand

Then again at least that wouldn't be bland

And you know I could use a hand

Just wish and you will get

Watch out one like me you haven't met

Might make another bet

For something I don't know yet

If you name the time and place

You know you'll find my smiling face

Keeping it all with some form of taste

Or not should it be the case

Keep your eyes open

And watch my pen

Time will come to close them when

That feeling comes around again

Would you do

Just a little of that voodoo

And I'll make like it's true

That I know some too

Might just take a little