Into the Clear: Finding My Peace

By Deanne Weidman

This is my second bookwhat I like to call my book of transition. Book 1, Through the Storms: In Search of Peace, was my book of pain, my struggle with abuse, and my place in this world. This book is after the healing had begun and acts as an inspiration to others. I have conquered my addictions and now lead a healthier lifestyle. Life will always throw obstacles in my way; however, it is how I overcome these obstacles that make me a stronger person today. I continue to connect with the paranormal activity that surrounds me. My life is never boring. This is my journey.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Nov 21, 2014
• ISBN: 9781503512979

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Copyright © 2014 by Deanne Weidman.

Library of Congress Control Number:   2014919574

ISBN:      Hardcover      978-1-5035-1295-5

      Softcover      978-1-5035-1296-2

      eBook         978-1-5035-1297-9

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Cover picture: Jackass Meadows, High Sierra Mountains, CA

Book 1, Through the Storms, In Search of Peace

Cover Picture: VA Beach, VA

Rev. date: 11/17/2014

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chesapeake Blues

What is the Truth

Fire and Water

Stings

When We Were Young

My Contract

Notice Me

White Rabbit

Solitude

Twists and Turns

Innocent Moments

Front Runner

Within These Walls

Into the Hole

More Than a Dream

Because I Hurt

Along Came Grace

Onions For Dinner

Healing Hands

Miles Apart

My Hell

Love From Within

Into the Mirror

All Walks of Life

Silent Honor

Scottish Fields

Into the Raw

I Am Blind

Bare

Flower Child

Interlude

A Lone Swan

Lost and Alone

Who Am I

Into the Clear

Life I Once Knew

A New Wound

Black Hole

My Slavery

Glass House

Those Days

You Dirty Little Bee

A Channeled Thought

High’s Beauty

Simplicity

My Anchor

Ebb and Flow

Love Affair

A Time on Bourbon Street

Anything Can Happen

Passing the Torch

How Far We’ve Come

Reaching Beyond

Little Souls

Little Sweetness

Not Going Back

On This Path

A Chance

Wake Up America

Love’s Burden

My Thank You

In The Now

Would You

Behind the Myth

What Might Have Been

On the Other Side

My Observations

At the Leger

Blondie

Time In Bodie

And They Call Me Robin

East Meets West

Knocked Down

My Toolbox

Confused Love

Turning of the Tide

Anything Goes

My Freedom

This Place

Is This It

The Shapes That Form

A Beautiful Tree

On the Mend

On the Wings

At the Station

What Surrounds Us

The Messenger

Many Books

Growth

At the End of the Day

My Role

Naked Face

I

dedicate this book to my readers to show there is hope beyond our struggles. With hard work, dedication, responsibility, and a will to strive for a better life, we find the life we were meant to lead. I am thankful that I found the right steps. I have chosen 92 poems from my newest collection as a dedication to the year I graduated from college.

The poem Little Souls, is written as a dedication to the families of the victims of the Newtown, CT shooting at Sandy Hook, which occurred on 12/14/2012. This event spoke to me on a deep level as if the children were calling out to me to write about that day.

Little Sweetness, I dedicate to my darling niece, Isla.

She is precious to me and I love her with all my heart.

We share a unique bond that I treasure.

To my husband, Bruce. My love for you continues to grow stronger with each and every day.

Chesapeake Blues

10/5/11

Sitting on the steps

In the muggy eastern air,

Alone with my thoughts

How much more can I bear.

In just a short time

Nothing was what it seemed,

In search of peace

Was all I dreamed.

So many changes

My ears heard enough,

Through the minds of family

How long