An Encounter with Beautiful

By Ardis-Denise Summers

Words are a combination of meaningful sounds, commitments, and promises; A verbal way to express ones thoughts and feelings

Author Ardis-Denise Summers unleashes the inner workings of her heart, mind, and soul as she pens An Encounter with Beautiful,a sundry collection of poems and feelings once hidden.

What does it mean to fall in love? How does your heart hold so much pain and so much love? Is a good man hard to find?

Questions that usually bring your heart tumbling a long way downlong from what you knew and understood; questions explored and answered in this remarkable collection.

Follow the authors poignant encounters of true stories through pieces of poetry helping her to mend the broken pieces of her life and the lives of others while reading along.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Apr 17, 2010
• ISBN: 9781453551431

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Copyright © 2010 by Ardis-Denise Summers.

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CONTENTS

Life is Beautiful

I Dismissed His ________

WORDS DON’T HURT

Beautiful

Loving You

Is a Good Man Hard to Find?

Lonely

UNTITLED

None Other Than Me

Confused between the Love That Failed Me

U N D E R C O V E R

No More Guilt or Shame but the Word of God

NAMES

We Are One

When Is Enough, Enough?

One Day at a Time

A Part of Me

The Gift of Forgiveness

What Makes a Good Person?

An Individual’s Worth

Compassion for Misery

God Is My Friend, I’m Okay

Forgive and Live

Marriage

Be Better Than Me, My Jewels

The Twenty-Third Psalms

Stay Strong, My Sister, My Friend

My Extended Family

Giving honor to God, who is truly the head of my life, I would like to thank Him for making this possible, but also to those who have inspired me to write this book and making it a success. You know who you are, my family, pastor, friends, and church family. So I say THANKS with much gratitude. Your encounters were my strengths. To my readers, I hope that with my words of expressions they will inspire you just as I have been inspired.

Sincerely,

Beautiful

Life is Beautiful

Life is Beautiful,

Beautiful is Life.

I was born years ago,

But I couldn’t understand how to enjoy it.

I went on soul-searching,

Then Life was given to me.

Throughout Life, I encountered many emotions,

Some were good and some were bad.

Through the different worldly challenges and encounters,

The bad seemed to outweigh the good.

All the pain inside kept me from accepting true love,

But God’s grace and mercy brought Life to me.

Life came to me and took away all my pain, torment,

and misery.

It showed me how to Love,

Not only myself, but also others.

It also taught me to be ready for the unexpected.

Every now and then, Life knocks at my

door as a reminder to say,

Yee with little faith.

That encourages me to keep pressing forward.

Oh Yes!

LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL

And

BEAUTIFUL IS LIFE

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I Dismissed His ________

You told me you loved me,

I believed it was true,

But when you started playing,

I had to dismiss you.

You ran behind my back,

But that was in the past,

And that’s why I had to dismiss your dumb ass.

I thought you were the one,

I thought you were it.

First you took my heart, and

Now you ain’t shit.

You tried to play a game,

You played it like a sucker,

And that’s why I had to dismiss you.

You dumb motherfucker.

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WORDS DON’T HURT

You’ve always said, Words don’t hurt.

I’ve matured over the years, from a child to a young adult to use these words.

Words are a combination of meaningful sounds, commitments, promises; A verbal way to express one’s thoughts and feelings.

But you say words don’t hurt? Uhm . . .

Who