Conscious Mass: Mental Awareness

By Rachel Ford

The title Conscious Mass derives from my thoughts, opinions and life experiences I feel others can relate to and understand. It is a point of view written with compassion,simplicity and open mind. This book of poems is what reality is to me and sharing it with others is a fulfillment of my dream. I hope it encourages others to go after their dreams and not let them die.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Jun 8, 2007
• ISBN: 9781465319838

Rachel Ford

My name is Rachel Diane Ford, born in Greenville, South Carolina on September 7, 1953. My parents moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania when I was 2 years old. I am the third of seven children and a proud single parent of a son and daughter. I graduated in 1971 from William Penn High School and attended Community College. In 1998, I took a course at Temple University for creative writing. I realized my love for writing in 1999. I began sharing my thoughts and my motivation accelerated, but working full time hindered me. However, to my amazement in 2003, I did a name writing for a very dear friend and realized my blessings extended. Doing name writings is also a passion of mine that I intend to pursue. My family and friends continually encourage and support me and my dream to publish a book of Poetry.

Book preview

UNION

WE COMMITTED TO EACH OTHER, NOT IN GOD’S HOUSE OF STONE, BUT IN OUR HEARTS WHERE NO ONE EXCEPT HE CAN SEE OR JUDGE US FOR WHAT IS DONE. VOWS WERE NOT REPEATED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF A PRIEST, INSTEAD WE WILLINGLY GIVE OF OURSELVES OUT OF LOVE, FREE OF RINGS TO SIGNIFY THE COMPLETION OF THIS RELATIONSHIP THAT IS NOT IDYLLIC. YET IT IS SO EXCEPTIONAL WE FAVOR TO LET NO MAN PUT ASUNDER, THAT WHICH IS THE ESSENCE OF DEVOTION, RESPECT AND WILLINGNESS TO LEARN FROM EACH OTHER, EVIDENT FROM KNOWING WHO WE ARE. PRODUCING TIME EXHAUSTED NOT WASTED PROBING FOR ANSWERS TO IMPERFECTIONS, REALIZING THE CONCEPT OF GIVE AND TAKE ARE NOT TO BE PRECISE, BUT VALUED FOR WHAT IT IS. A UNION NOT PROMISED JUST APPRECIATED DAY BY DAY.

LOVE IS NOT BLIND,

IT’S THE CHOICES WE

MAKE BASED ON

EMOTIONS vs. OUR MIND

AN INTODUCTION TO THE FAMILY OF HAVOC

LIFE’S THORN

Depression is his mother. His father is Despair.

The youngest brother Erratic, who distorts and dares

and Armageddon, his sister who finds pleasure in pain,

all admire their brother Terror, who’s always lying in wait

moreover, is Havoc the eldest, who never seems to rest

They all come together enforcing our punishment called Death.

CONFUSED

We’re born and denied

We admit and lie

We are together and apart

We have and rely

We are kind and unforgiving

We love and hate

We are happy and sad

We work and play

We are rich and poor

We laugh and cry

We are creative and destructive

We submit and defy

We are you and I living confused lives.

REGRET

I married the one I love unconditionally

I made vows promising we would always be

I cheated on the one that meant the world to me

I abandoned the one I love in search of false needs

Now my life is unfulfilled and my pain is deep

I see my love and become unbearably weak

I imagine the kiss that has a sting of bliss

I fantasize about our intimacy, reminded of what I miss

Now I wish and pray for the strength to let go, but

my passion and desire has become my undefeated foe

I truly believed we would