Lyrics of the Heart

By Janaan C. Mitchell

Lyrics of the Heart is a collection that began at a young age and continued to age as reality was discovered. From the curious and imaginative to the confused and the depressed. From innocence and joy to the guilt and heart break. The darkness and the light. Lyrics of the Heart is an in depth glimpse of a young woman with an aged soul.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Jul 30, 2014
• ISBN: 9781499051599

Janaan C. Mitchell

Janaan C. Mitchell was born and raised in Bridgeport, CT. She began writing after a tragic burn accident at the age of 8. Yet the poet in her had not fully developed until she attended Roosevelt Elementary School in the city's south end. Here she met her fourth and fifth grade teacher, who taught on Shakespeare, Poe, Maya Angelou, and the timeless language of Latin. It was the courage of their words, their lives, and the beauty of their passion that sparked a flicker inside her. It was the mystery and history of the language that intrigued her. As she learned and listened she realized the pain and tragedy of her own world and inner turmoil had its own beauty. Though life has had its ups and downs, she has always managed to turn it all into the beauty beheld in her eyes. As a teenager the writing became easier as the road got harder and obstacles in the form of relationships, stress, self-esteem, and finding a place in her environment tried to deter her. She wrote on nevertheless. Always wanting to publish one day, she decided that maybe her life can be the light someone else may need to find their through whatever seems to be darkening their days. Now a mother of 4 boys and 1 girl she continues to write as life goes on, while being a LPN, and an entrepreneur. With all that life has to offer there is sure to be further books in the future. She is currently working on the second and third books of her trilogy to be published in upcoming months.

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Copyright © 2014 by Janaan C. Mitchell.

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ISBN:        Hardcover      978-1-4990-5160-5

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Contents

Tangled

A New Love

What I Want

My Decisions

Stress

Loneliness

Gone

Death of the Soul

Temporary Prisoner

Tease

Infection of Depression

Just a Thought

3/1/2000

Never Love Again

What a Mess

Burden

Will You be Mine

Let it Go

To Settle or Not

Silent Getaway

Wardrobe of Life

Mixed Emotions

6/2004

6/2004

Donovan

The Latter

Keep Striving

Qyondre

3 Days To Go

Them vs. Me

March 2, 2000

Tomorrow Never Dies

The Spirit

February 24, 2000

Locked Away

Scarred

Joyful Joyful

The Outside World

You

4 Seasons of Love

It’s Like

July 15, 1999

10:36 pm

Trust

My Mind

Life

My Journey

When Our Two Worlds Collide

Trust in Me

Time

End of the World as I know it

Reminiscing

Reality

Broken Heart

Gutter Life

Real Love

You and Me

1998

8/2005

8/2005*

Forward

Obstacle

Unknown

Praise

The Triangle

Last Night

Our Mystery

All My Life

Knowledge

Finally Free

My Healing

Could it Be

7/27/2007 10:27pm

7/27/2007 11:30 pm

How Will it End?

Sorrow

Tears

I Do

I Need

My Missing Love

Solitary

My Gem

The Rescuer

He is Now You

Wishing

Death in Temptation

September 19,1999

Journey

February 24 2011 2pm

Rainy Day

Boredom Before and After

You Give

Why Do I Feel So Bad?

Tangled

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Complaining time and time again

Of all the things wrong with this blessed land

All that holds a boulder in my path

Knowing that a life like this couldn’t last

Spiraling out of control undecided about which way to go

Triangles of sorts that make you insane

All intertwined between each other

Just one pull in the wrong direction

Could cause a massive knot of misconceptions

Journeying deep inside is the only way to figure it out

Which way in, How to get through

What will happen if any of this attempts to move

Attempts to change?

Now where do I disentangle this web in mind

The knot grows tighter

And my thoughts and life it binds.

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A New Love

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Left unattended after a glorious sunny day

Left full of warmth yet my emotions have been delayed

Wanting to speak and utter the truth

But the hiss of my lips do nothing but stumble

I mumble and