The Thunder, the Storm and the Calm

By C. J. Dearborn

A journey through heartbreak of all types, full of ups and downs. Learning to carefully tread on water instead of sinking beneath all the confusion.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
• Release date: Jan 8, 2021
• ISBN: 9781645367420

C. J. Dearborn

C. J. Dearborn grew up and currently lives in Ontario, Canada. She is an avid traveler and lover of all things adventure. She is a part-time artist, working with acrylic, watercolor, and pen-based mediums. She has appeared in two local art shows in the past. This is her first book and she continues to work on a follow-up project.

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The Thunder, the Storm and the Calm

C. J. Dearborn

Austin Macauley Publishers

The Thunder, the Storm and the Calm

About The Author

Dedication

Copyright Information ©

Part One: The Thunder

For Me

Confusion

Without

Shadow

It’s Sad

Nice Girl

Love

I Need to Be Heard

Out of Time

Innocence

Thunder

Sorry

You Left

A Complicated Abode

New Air

Redemption in the Pain

Too Much

The End

This One Is for You

Learning

Best Friends

Nothing

The Ego Is Fragile

The Art of Survival

I Could Be

I Am Sorry

Another Life

Timing Is a Funny Thing

Why?

Moving on Is Beautiful

Part Two: The Storm

Learning

It Is Over

Thursday, February 23rd, 2017

The Art of Survival

To Sink or Swim

I Love You, I Love You Not

Soft and Open

Should Have Known Better

Bad First Dates

Attached

Do You Hear Me?

Cannot Be Loved

Do Not Touch Me

Polite

Love Me

I Do Not Need You to Approve of Me

The Fear

Us Sinking Saved My Heart

Ego

Freedom

Pure Gentleman, Fuck You

Stay

Bandage

Friendship

Part Three: The Calm

My Favorite Mentor

Depressed, Disappointed

Home

Forgiveness

Golden

Good Advice from an Old Friend

The Rebirth

Recovery

Annoying

Still Standing

Truth

2017

I Would Not Trade Me for Anyone Else

Quiet

Give

I Am Perfect

Still Scared

Hope

Loss Love

Shinning

My Forest

My House

The Silence

Beauty

End

Soft Is Not an Insult

To Move On

During the Growth

The Path

The Aftermath

Satisfying the Craving

Lifestyle

I Hate Watching Friends Go Through Breakups

Hatred

About The Author

C. J. Dearborn grew up and currently lives in Ontario, Canada. She is an avid traveler and lover of all things adventure. She is a part-time artist, working with acrylic, watercolor, and pen-based mediums. She has appeared in two local art shows in the past. This is her first book and she continues to work on a follow-up project.

Dedication

Thank you for buying this book, you deserve a cookie.

Copyright Information ©

C. J. Dearborn (2021)

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Publisher’s Cataloging-in-Publication data

Dearborn, C. J.

The Thunder, the Storm and the Calm

ISBN 9781643783055 (Paperback)

ISBN 9781643783062 (Hardback)

ISBN 9781645367420 (ePub e-book)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2020924965

www.austinmacauley.com/us

First Published (2021)

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Part One: The Thunder

For Me

I did not write this book for you, this ink on this page is for me

Only for me

You do not get to take credit for anything I write

You may have given me the pain, but I am the one who took that and turned it into words

Only for me.

Confusion

I often run out of me; I get swept away with the raging wind

I trickle down like a fresh spring until