The Change

By Marcia D. Clarke

This anthology includes poems about sexual and physical abuse.
It exposes the deep hurts and pains of a failed marriage and the
complexity of a withdrawn personality. There is also a bit of love and a touch
of nature that shows the lighter side of life.

The language is simple and realistic and the issues exceed the boundaries of
time and place.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Nov 23, 2009
• ISBN: 9781441578624

Marcia D. Clarke

Marcia Clarke was born in Greenland, Hanover, Jamaica; a poor farming community. She is the last of five girls and as a child education was highly valued. She started reading her siblings’ books and magazines at the age of six. She has a passion for reading, writing short stories and poems and has won awards in this field. She has been a teacher for over twenty three years specializing in English, History, and Social Studies. However, her dream was to become a journalist. Her family consists of a son and two daughters. She enjoys caring for children especially the abused and underprivileged.

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Copyright © 2009 by Marcia D. Clarke.

Library of Congress Control Number: 2009911110

ISBN: Hardcover 978-1-4415-9176-0

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Contents

SECTION A—

THE CHANGE

FALLING OFF

THE LAKE

CLOUDS

THE CHANGES OF NIGHT

CRAYFISH CATCHING

BANANA FEAST

LOYAL FRIENDS

BLUE HOLE

DARK AT NOON

NIGHT

THE BUTTERFLY

SECTION B—

IN UNITY

ALL IS WELL

PLEASURE ME PLEASE

FEEL NOTHING

NEVER SAY GOODBYE

DON’T LEAVE ME

WHEN I FOUND HER

SCARED TO LOVE

I MISS YOU

DREAMS

SECTION C—

ALL OF ME

THE WOMAN

HELPLESS AND BROKEN

I DARE THEM

EMPTY SHELL

MEMORIES

JUST TAKE AWAY THE PAIN

THE CRY OF THE SOUL

LONLINESS

DESTINY

SOLITUDE

WILL IT END?

SECTION D—

STARING AT THE DARKNESS

HE SCREAMS

THEY DID IT TOGETHER

CRAZY

WHERE WERE THEY?

READY TO GO HOME

GOODBYE MOTHER

HOW CAN I FORGET

I HATE MY MOTHER

SECTION E—

THE DEMON

LOST

TIME PAST

NO SPACE

SIMON

MY DAUGHTER

IT IS OVER

INTRODUCTION

Things from the past, the mind barriers, the strongholds, can prevent one from attaining his/her full level of greatness that God has in store.

For years I have viewed myself as a negative person with the middle name worry. I felt proud to own up to these traits and carried them around daily, with pride.

I tried to figure out why my life was so wrong and I took the bulk of the blame—shy, quiet, fearful—was my personality and I had to live with who I was because that’s how I was created, that was my destiny. I actually spent all my years in this mode. What a big, fat lie!

I blamed my past:

* A childhood riddled with all forms of abuse; growing up poor; had to work too hard.

* My family—a mixed up mother; an abusive father; a family seeped in secrets.

* My community—nothing good can come from Greenland, Hanover, Jamaica; even the soil is different.

* My marriage—the worst mistake; I did everything to make it work and lived in denial