The Raven & The Wolf

By Melissa Rodriguez

This book is separated in two parts, and each part holds a different part of myself. The first part deals more with the pain that I have went through in my life. Emotions that I have held within myself for years from being hurt by others and from turning on myself when I was at my lowest. The second part of this book will take you on a journey of quotes and fictional poems that have been inspired by the songs that I have listened too, and from the books I have read. The Raven & The Wolf will take you on a journey of my life, my mind, my pain, and my healing.

• Language: English
• Publisher: BookBaby
• Release date: Jul 30, 2021
• ISBN: 9781098377625

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The Raven & The Wolf

© 2021, Melissa Rodriguez.

All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

Print ISBN: 978-1-09837-7-618

eBook ISBN: 978-1-09837-7-625

Contents

Personal Poems

Fiction & Quotes

The Raven & The Wolf

May the Wolf guide you along your path, and steer you away from danger. As it teaches you to trust your heart, and your soul through the many decisions you will face in your life.

As the Raven watches from above, and protects you from harm. Teaching you their wisdom, and intelligence from the life that they have seen from above.

May these two connect together to give you the strength, and wisdom to guide you through your life.

Dear Reader,

May the words that have been written within these pages speak to you in a way that you wish.

This book will be a path of happiness, sadness, love, and fiction. Welcome to my mind and thank you for joining me on this journey.

Personal

Poems

Here are a collection of poems of the experiences I have been through. The feelings that I have kept locked down deep. It’s time that I unlocked these doors that have kept these feelings at bay, and let the words write themselves to heal the pain from within.

The Writer

The mind of the spirit that flows through these words, that speaks what the mouth cannot.

Laying ink upon this paper as if the pen was taken from one’s heart.

Writing its words that come from deep within, as if you are painting your soul with each stroke of your pen.

You fill these blank pages with every fiber of who you are, laying your life upon each page as you sacrifice your heart.

Eight was the age that everything changed for me.

You see that night is something I remember, and carry with me like an invisible backpack that no one can see. For that day was the day I saw the darkness in people.

For that was the day I saw everything get taken from us by a man I once called my stepdad.

You see at that young of an age I didn’t quite understand what was happening, but as I grew older I understood what had happened.

The details of that day I overheard have registered in my brain and it hit me like a train.

To know while I was watching a Disney movie with my stepbrother that my mother was in the room behind me fighting for her life.

As my stepdad tied a rope around her neck trying to take the light from her eyes. I watched as the police did nothing, but stand by as he took everything.

From there it was like my mind turned off trying to shield me from the rest of that night.

For the next thing, I remembered was being in a truck with my mom and her friend on a road to Vegas.

But you see that day created a fracture within my soul that I never knew happened. A fracture that grew within years that now leaves my soul in shattered pieces.

I have seen so much over that time to know what that type of violence does to a person’s soul that I would never what to damage the person I love, and put them through the exact same pain.

Silence

Be silent when he’s on the phone.

Be silent when he’s studying.

Be silent unless someone is talking to you.

Be silent to protect yourself.

Be silent when he’s angry.

Do not speak, do not show emotion, tell white lies to keep yourself safe.

This is what I was taught at such a young age that it has made it difficult to use my voice as an adult. Which also made me scared to speak the truth in fear of what could happen.

Silence is what I have been taught and silence is what I need to break.

Wasted Time

Wasted