Poetic Expression

By Xlibris US

The book itself is my feelings on many different subjects that we all come across during our life journey. My biggest inspiration was my three children, family, and friends.
After the loss of my twenty-year-old son, Barry R. Catron, due to a boating accident, I started putting my thoughts on paper in poem version. It has been and always will be my therapy! But I will never get over his loss. I hope there might be some material that I wrote that someone else might be able to relate to, and it might soothe their heart and soul for whatever challenge they might be facing.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Aug 8, 2014
• ISBN: 9781499045475

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Poetic

Expression

Kay Garrod

Copyright © 2014 by Kay Garrod.

Library of Congress Control Number:   2014913692

ISBN:      Hardcover                    978-1-4990-4545-1

                Softcover                     978-1-4990-4546-8

                eBook                          978-1-4990-4547-5

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

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Rev. date: 07/30/2014

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Contents

Acknowledgments

Money And Things

Never Give In

In The Rain

We Will Never Let Go

One Blood

I Lost My Smile

Silence

Ladybug

Photographic Memories

The End Of Time!

Too Broken

You Can’t Go Wrong

I’m Lost For Words

Jesus Is All We Need

Critic’s Needs

I Have A Hunger

Is Life Worth Dying For?

Crazy!

Over Sees You

At The Top

Live

Does It Even Matter?

One Day It Will Be You!

The American Dream!

Flaws

Dishonest

Choices

Many Days!

On Cue

Foolish Pride 2013

Lost

Bite The Bullet

Thanksgiving

As Much As I Do

Indian Summer

Dream At Long Last

Thank You

Twenty-Three Years Ago

Faith, Hope, Love

Meet Again

The Neighbor Next Door

Closed Our Heart

Not Enough

Sharing

Kay’s Prayer

The Demons Won

The Spark

My Dearest Barry

Full Of Lies

Lead The Way

In Loving Memory

Spreading Love

Loving You As I Do

Me

Naughty Or Nice?

Scrooge Attitude

Don’t Blink

Live And Learn

Fallen Dreams

Our Eye Off The Ball

Never Be Wrong

Inner Storm

Best Defense

Ghoulish Beliefs

I’m Not Done

September

Emptiness

This Is Only A Test

Deceiving, Is It Not?

Here In The Real World

Marching Near

The Lie

Go Mad

Autumn Beauty

My Heart Is To Blame

Catch A Break

Frustration

Many

Can’t Have My Cake

Tears Are Words

Colors

Share

There Is No Logic

In Our Mind’s Eye

Love You

Nothing More

Katelyn

Good, Bad, And The Ugly

The World

Post Office

Father Day Letter

Postcard

Spontaneous Whims

Over The Hump

Unexpected Visitor

Beginning Of The End

Communication

Mia

If

Secret Admirer

Doing Time

Get Back Up

Mom

Leaps And Bounds

Cut A Rug

Intentions

Can Never Say

What A Life!

Pawns

Silence

Look Out

Amethyst

Family Tradition

Tag Along

Intruder

We Cannot Trust

No Need

Disguise

Pacify

Up Above

Thick And Thin

Receive

What Is Life

Choose Not To Lose

Yet Seen

I Miss You

Warning

The Little Guy—Jimmy The Ferret

Long Gone

Answers

Valentine

Halloween

Whispers

Reality Check

Good Day

Fantasy

My Dearest Barry

Enjoy, Have Fun, Stay Warm

Happy Sweetest Day

Like No Other

My Feelings

Ponder

Guardian Angel

Six Months

Short Days, Long Nights

God, Nature, And Me

Silently

Twenty-First Birthday

Pawns

My Wonderful Son

Beyond The Season

Two Years

If Only In My Dreams

Life’s Deck Of Cards

Good Friends

Ended

Such Is Life

Spring Fever

Never Be Free

The Simple Things

Things Happen

All Day Long

Times

You

Happy Birthday

It Really Matters

Live

Common Sense

Happy Winter

Never End

Abuse

2011

Tears

Danced In Our Heads

Resolutions

Can Never Be

Tight-Fitting Jeans, My Faithful Friends

I Was Young

Wrong Or Right

Just Believe

What More Can Be Said

If Only We Had A Window

Full Of Surprises

Carry On All Along

* Harley*

Takes The Best

*Hurt*

Storm

Autumn

Glimmer Of Hope

Conversation

Is It Me?

2010!

Yesterdays

Everything

(Message)

Mother

You

One Evening!

Make Me Smile!

The Angels

Such Is Life

Something

My Dad

Will You Remember Me?

I Just Don’t Know, So Real

Any Rest

No Regrets Or Circumstance

Put One Face On

Friend

Come And Gone

Worst Enemy

One Brick At A Time

Mother Nature

Thanksgiving

Masses

Every Second, Every Minute, Every Hour Of Every Day

Why?

The Wind

That One Star

Kay’s Prayer

Might As Well Dream!

Will Never Change

My Daughters

November

Real Or Make Believe?

Dedicated to my daughters, Cassidy and Melinda, and my son, Barry.

Acknowledgments

I would like to express my appreciation to my sister, Faye for her valuable contribution during the planning and development of the illustrations for my book. My heartfelt thanks to my niece, Nicole who spent extra time for my front cover design. I wish to thank my family and friends for their unending love and support. Finally, to my caring, loving, and Husband, Ken: my deepest gratitude.

Money And Things

We never had money

Nor any fame.

We were poor

Without shame.

The riches we had

Couldn’t be bought.

We didn’t care, we loved a lot.

Our lives weren’t easy

That’s for sure.

Nothing is

Worth caring for.

We lived simple

But we were free.

Our family’s love

Planted the seed.

Money and things didn’t

Fill our needs.

Prayer and love

Took the lead.

What I would give

To bring that back

Life would be better, that’s a fact.

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Never Give In

Hopes and dreams are all we have.

Keep the faith, let go the sad.

Keep pushing forward

Don’t give in without a fight

And our dreams will take flight.

If you hit a bump in the road

Keep it and real, don’t go cold.

Never give up

And in the end

Our dreams are ours

We’re bound to win!

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In The Rain

Love is like a butterfly

It spreads its wings and flies.

Our tears are our raindrops

Falling from our eyes.

Music is the words

We can’t always say aloud.

One day we will understand

What our life is all about.

Our heart will keep beating

No matter what comes our way.

Until he’s ready

To bring us home, we’re here to

Laugh and love and dance

In the rain.

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We Will Never Let Go

You are forever etched in our heart,

Our soul, and our minds.

You might have passed yesterday,

Today, a week ago,

A month, or many years ago—who knows?

One thing is for certain, we will never let go.

We might get better at dealing with our pain

We will always speak proudly of our loved one’s name.

Time doesn’t make it better, no matter the cause.

And it is no less painful, the love and loss

The thought of letting go doesn’t cross our minds.

These are our children, no matter the time.

We love them, we need them

We miss them

We will never let go!

For those that expect it

They just don’t know!

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One Blood

We are all human.

We walk the same land.

We want the same things.

We breathe the same air.

We all have pain.

We’re all one blood.

All with different names

We all want loved.

We are here for a short while.

We don’t know our purpose.

Keep our heads up

And keep it real.

We should always show how

We really feel.

One blood

Our life

Seals the deal.

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I Lost My Smile

My chest hurts.

My heart wants to explode.

My throat so dry,

My eyes so cold,

At times I look and feel so old.

I, at one time, was full of fight.

I lost my fire when you lost your life.

The knife in me

Is still in place.

I keep hoping to see your face.

I’m moving at a turtle’s pace.

You might think it is time to move on.

But the loss of a child

Doesn’t belong!

Lyrics to a life gone wrong.

No mother should have to bury their child.

And for these reasons

I lost my smile.

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Silence

We live in the same space

Inside some lonely walls.

Walking on thin ice

Trying not to fall.

With an expressionless face

Trying to stand tall.

Silence is golden, so they say.

Being voiceless is so unfair.

Going through our day

Not knowing what to say

Communication has gone

It makes for long days.

Can’t express anger or sadness

And such, except in prayer.

You just have to accept

This well-spoken

Man or woman or child

Lost one of his most precious

God-given gifts.

Very little conversation in these walls.

We walk in this world

Feeling so small.

We have our life,

But we’re not really

Living.

We are voiceless

With so much to say!

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Ladybug

I saw a ladybug today

Of course I thought of you.

It made me smile,

Knowing it wasn’t a fluke.

I know you’re often with me,

The ladybug is proof.

My heart swelled with pride,

My eyes moistened with tears

Giving me that reassurance that

You are so near.

It’s things like these

That make it easier

Having to be apart.

I love those surprises

Keep up the good work.

I love you!

I miss you!

Mom

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Photographic Memories

I remember the day you came into our life.

I was so scared and full of pride.

You gave me proof love was still alive.

You were only a few days old.

You could make me cry.

As time went on

You showed us what you were made of.

You were cute and so funny.

It was your sense of humor

Oh, what a ride.

And so talented, no lie.

It was your insecurities that gave you life.

You put words on paper

That most didn’t understand.

You were wise beyond your years

The lyrics you wrote hid your tears.

You were spontaneous