The Beauty in Life and the Sorrow of Emotions: A Collection of Poems

By Eva Aloezos

This book of poems is a collection of memories, thoughts, and experiences all of which have influenced my views on people and societal topics. The poems in this book are written from deep emotion and are often based on encounters (both good and bad) Ive had with those in my life. Many poems also cover topics of psychology and behaviors of the human race. In short, this book is a compilation of poemssome beautiful, some sorrowfulof my life so far.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: May 9, 2017
• ISBN: 9781543420265

Eva Aloezos

Eva Aloezos is a 19 year old girl who resides in Burke, Virginia. She attends Northern Virginia Community College, and is majoring in psychology. She has been writing and has been interested in poetry from a young age. She is currently trying to pursue poetry on a more advanced level, and writes as a hobby.

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Copyright © 2017 by Eva Aloezos.

Cover Art by Christopher Aloezos

ISBN:      Softcover         978-1-5434-2025-8

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Contents

you and I

To Adorn

Societies’ elite

Success

Delusions of him

Consummation

Thin

I will not follow you to the left

The let down

Untitled

TLE

Cries of the night

D.I.D

The door

Athena and a sailor

Together we are alone

For the religious ones

Loving a girl

The crown that sits atop my mind

When man creates

Meeka

Starting again

The eyes of men

Our twisted fate

the devil

So they say

A father’s wisdom

Vicious cycle

The boy who had nothing, yet also had it all

Maslow’s hierarchy of needs

Loveless

Cynical man

Power play

My dog

Rulers of the sky blue bedroom

Mindful success

Wolves

The faith of an atheist

Lust

War

In the life of a psychiatrist

The urge

Luck

Doppelgängers on a bench

Gray Area

Paradoxal mind

Ash

Generational woes

2/14

The real world

My damned memory

The young man’s burden

Remembrance

Hole in the wall

flowers underground

White widow

Vacant night

The biker

Untitled

The river

The black veil

Loving you

Guilt

Help

Opposites Don’t Attract

you and I

I’m high with you

and in this moment we have formed the holiest of unions

together we lay connected and intertwined,

and I pray to a god I don’t believe in that this loving comfort will sustain and carry us through the years

I’m so sure of us that I banish all my fears; however, now the smoke is gone

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