Poets Awakening

By Adam J Jenness and John Paduano Jr.

The man had been walking through the barren tundra in the midst of
a howling blizzard for an eternity it seemed, looking back behind him
the furry of the storm had left no trace of the path he had already
painfully trod. His mind screamed for a warmth not to be found,
knowing his only chance for survival was to keep moving forward,
he slowly trudged on into the icy teeth of hells frozen maw. Blowing
great plumes of laboring breath that left his face covered with a
stinging icy sheen, he plunged forward on legs of stone, his vision
started to blur by the sheer force of his efforts. This was a battle no
man could win. His mind started to reel with an agonizing pain as
death started to close in its icy grip. Trying to will himself past the
threshold of mortal man he managed just a few more faltering steps
before his frozen body fell to the ground slipping into the sweet black
oblivion. Feeling a sudden sharp pain he moaned helplessly feeling
himself being slowly lifted into the heavens, before the final crushing
embrace a voice pierced the darkness uttering but one single word
Forgiveness. His last vision that of the world slowly gliding by.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Jul 25, 2013
• ISBN: 9781483666037

Adam J Jenness

Adam Jenness (pictured on the left) was born to the proud parents of Joseph and Bonnie Jenness in Rochester New Hampshire and spent his childhood in Lebanon Maine. He moved to New Mexico after a near fatal car accident and decided to reevaluate his life and start to do the things he loved by pursuing a writing career. His goal is to write everything from comics to graphic novels, full novels, and short stories. He believes every day presents a challenge to surpass himself and become a better person for it. John Paduano Jr. (pictured on the right) was born to the proud parents of John and Lea-Etta Paduano in Albuquerque NM. He has changed as a person a great deal since the rise of “Our Beginning.” He feels that he finally took the first steps toward the awakening of all things. He searches for a truth that can only be realized through his heart, as he gains strength through compassionate actions.

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Copyright © 2013 by John Paduano Jr. and Adam J Jenness.

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Contents

Introduction Page

Dedication Page

Tina

Behind My Fears

Lullaby for Mary

CHAPTER 1

Poetic/Imaginative

Essence of Humanity

When Did I Exist in the Realm of Man?

Inner Sky

Our Journey

Missing Poetry

Poet’s Awakening

One Grain of Sand

The Power of Words Spoken

The Strength of a Virtuous Soul

In The Palm of My Hand

The World of Our Remarkable Words

Spectrums Measurements of Brilliance through Eternity

The Poet’s Manifesto Brings New Direction

A Poetic Dialect In Search of Benevolence

Presented Alive & Direct To Receive Respect

Legendary Belief

Rising for the Setting Sun

I Still Have Something Left To Discover

Listen to Peace of Mind

One Limitation Remains

Starting Over one more time

Two sides to two stories

THE EGO

Learning Yourself from the Inside Out

A Long Awaited Tomorrow

The Judgmental Views of the Creative

Talented Imagination

Enter My Mind

Arsenal of Fractured Minds

The Inner Workings of My Fractured Mind

The Declaration of Dreams among us…

Misconceptions of Men who would be Free

Dream of Reality

Reality of the Day Dreamer

Dream Walker

Green Dreams

The First Piece

Missing Pieces

The Last Piece

Are you out there?

Give Me Balance

Building a Highway

The Golden Light of a Shattered Reality

Uphold the Mission

Life is Our Stylish Reconfiguration

True Blind Sight

The Golden Darkness

The Looking Glass

Meant to Be

The Strings of Life within our own Minds

My Weather Prediction

Breath of Eternity

Ascension of a Higher Spirit

Mystery of the Eternals

The Digital Takeover

Technology of The Gods

A Mental Fusion Gained in Solitude

Broken Pathways to the Unsolved Heavens

Broken Worlds

One Day

Speaking While Asleep

My Life Behind the Eyes of Others

Entrusted with us at Birth

Mirror Image

Western Philosophies of the New Age: Ground Zero

Western Philosophies of the New Age: Part 10

CHAPTER

2 Music

How to Hear Music

The Piano

The Unheard Sound

?

A Courageous Voice is Heard

Our Beginning Remix

Just a Country Love Song

Wind Walker

Out of Tune

Heavy Heavy Rain

The Sadness of a Heavy Heart

The Last Song

Unlonley Man

Song of the sad little rat

Instant Super Star

A Brand New Generation of Sound

The Dream of Life

Reflection Pool of My Soul

The Musical Harmony of the Eternal Spirit

CHAPTER 3

Love

The Glimpse of my Perfect Dream

Forever Love

FRM ME 2 U U U

She Brings Rain Drops of Love to Cool My Heart of Fire

Dream Girl

Temptations of the Flesh

My Black Rose

The Pursuit of a Simplistic Heart

It Feels Good to Dream

Poetic Sacrifice

Love and Serenity

Love is Not a Myth

Now I Know

She Thought She Couldn’t Love

Discovering My Soul Mate

She Presents Blue Skies

Essence of Creations Greatest Triumph

Come with me to Shine

The Wave

All Moments Become One Moment

Remarkable Minds

Love for My Family

In order to Fill an Inner Emptiness

CHAPTER 4

Sadness & Heartbreak

Sadly Forever Young

Brothers

Out of Beer

Empty Bottles in the Pale Moonlight

Zirconium Heart

Healing Heart Break

I Remember Every Word You Said

Stardust

Returning to the Sky to Abandon New Love

It’s Not Even Tomorrow

I Feel Your Pain

False Promises

It’s Been a Long Time

The Dream Light Beyond the Stratosphere

The Sunset Shoreline

Does She Feel Me Walk Away?

I Never Told Her

TORN

The Tragic Loss of Talent

The Burning Blood in My Desire

Yesterday, Today, & Forever ever ever after

Soooo Gone… .

My Open Book Filled With Blank Pages

Feeling the World’s Empty Pain

Tell me what it’s like to feel

Death Approaches Slowly

The Journey of a Broken Heart

The Deep Blue

Things will never be how they were

The Dark Night of Pain Reflected in Anguish & Despair

My Pure Hell of Me

The Sadness of my Fading Soul

The Pain of Rebuilding the Inner Emptiness

CHAPTER 5

Warrior

The Warriors Journey

The Darkness Within

Last Stand on the Bridge of Ruin

Born to Fight

The Truly Undefeated

Scarred by the Sin of Others

Victor Proteus: Earth’s Savior

THE NEW CHAMPION

Built for WAR

The Forsaken Hero

Impossible to Fall

Upon The Throne in the Kingdom of Kings

Holy Armor

Land of the Rising Sun

Samurai Eclipsed Rise of the Katana

Yoshimatsu’s Philosophies

The Bullet Storm!

Bounty Hunter

CHAPTER 6

Arrogance, Hatred, Fear, Evil

If you’re a Pro

Finding Freedom in a cage

Eternal Star Shining Bright

The Grind

The Chosen

Glorified Attrition

7 Miles

It’s All Just One Big Joke, Get It!

Video Tape

The Fading of My Passing Heart

VENGEFUL COUNTDOWN INITIATED

Animalistic Me

Architectural Containment of Solace

Never Trust the Fallen

The Gates of Hell

Arbitrary Decisions of the Possessed

THE SAWN

IRON CERBERUS

CHAPTER 7

Redemption, Perseverance, Inspiration

Pieces of Me

Divided Together

The Stranger I Always Knew

Never Again… .

Stepping into the Past I Found My Future Road

One Heart worth a Million Words

Fractured Light of Reality Within

Nothing can Stop Us

It’s your time to shine

Insight

The EYE of Infinity

Everything She’s Got

Blank Pages Since 1987

Redemption

Separation of Thoughts

Losing the Third Wheel

Ray of Light in a Veil of Darkness

How Far Will I Reach?

A Lifestyle Free of Chains

Beneath Dark Waters

Light up Above

Pretty Little City of Stars

I Saw an Angel

Every Step Closer

Stepping into the Sunlight

All of my life’s behind closed memories

Uncompromised Values of the Human Spirit

Failure & Triumph

Life is

Dedicated To Life

The Guidance of Our Lives is Life

The Greatest Things in Life

Natures Voice

Message in the Stars

Even we Gods do Dream

CHAPTER 8

Light Hearted, Fun

The Cardinal

Moon Chaser Cloud Hand

Smile, the Sun is Shining

Just Relax Ladies its Summer Time

Leaving My New York

The Inside

Spit The Electric Bug

Chuckle Bum Bubble Gum

Fart Monster

The Perspective of a Spork

Option 5

JUST FOR FUN!

Shoe Lace Dreams of The Sneaker

Live the Bruce Lie

From the Bottoms Up!

CHAPTER 9

Story

The Diary & Life of Anna Bell Smalls

Fish Out of Water

Rebirth of a Man

The beginning years:

The Choices of life:

Two ends to one story:

My Lonely World

Repainting some of the Words thought to be Lost Forever

The Journey of you through me

Lost In the River of Dreams

Found in the Ocean of Nightmares

A Throne Without Kings

The Two Kings

He made Himself a King

He found Himself a Throne

The Untold Wonder of the Tear in the Sky Descends

Dark City

My Dark City

Dark City: Left Behind

Dark City: Never Die Live Forever in Pain

Dark City: The beginning of the end

Dark City: Failed Theocracies of False Gods

Dark City: Road to redemption

Dark City: Praying For Rain

City of Light: Conclusion to Dark City

Forever Man

Lonely Immortal

Eternal Flame of the Inner Mind

To: Stroud Von Richter

Unworthy or Unwanted… My curse… LOVE!

The slow march of winter’s last rose

Hunted for My Crimes

Prophecy of the Lone Wolf

The Guardian

Journal of the Spirit Catcher

The Saga of The Unknown

The Journey Home

Commanding the World with Fear

Graduation Day

Coming Soon

Requiem

Biography

Introduction Page

Well it took awhile since the last time we were here (3 years to be exact). But we finally got off our butt’s and decided to get back into what we do best. No not video games, or heroclix, although there has been plenty of that (lower head in shame). But writing and I guess maybe like a fine aged wine or in our case a smelly aged cheese we became all the better for it. We decided to go in a new direction and for those of you that read our first book (The 2010 Best New Authors for Poetry in the book Our Beginning) you my friend are in for a real treat!

This book of poems is as different from the first as night is to day

You can see through the time we have been away the personal triumphs and tragedy’s

Up’s and down’s

Good times and bad

And everything in between we have had

So thank you for your patience and understanding and welcome back to our weird little world

And stay tuned for a preview in the back (no peeking) you just might be pleasantly surprised.

Through thick and thin

Up and down

And everything in between

It’s safe to say

I’ve made it all this way

With my insanity still intact.

I regret a great many things in my life

But I have never regretted living it.

Surrounded by a circle of your limitations you can always better yourself and learn more to open up new circles of knowledge if you choose.

No man will ever know everything

But he can try to be well versed in all

So he is never quite lost.

With every step the closer you get

The more you realize how much you don’t know

And what little you did to begin with

Welcome Back!

Dedication Page

This book is dedicated to my Mom and Dad. When I was in my darkest hour you helped to bring me back into the light. My poem (Pieces of Me) is dedicated to my struggle. Also I would like to thank Young Living Essential Oils for an alternative method of natural healing. If you wish to know more about how to live a healthy life with natural products please email [e-mail].

Adam

This book is dedicated to my Father and the hardships faced that now stand conquered.

The poems (The First Piece, Missing Pieces, and The Last Piece) are dedicated to the ongoing trial to sort through all the missing pieces in my life.

John

Also we would like to give a very special thank you to a very special artist Gary Saiz who helped bring our book alive with his talents. We gave you a challenge and you created for us a masterpiece. Thank you for honoring us with such a fine book cover. It stands as a testament to your very own amazing gift.

Thank you again

Sincerely Adam and John

As always a very special thank you goes to you the reader, our family and friends without your love and support we would not be back doing what we love to do

Adam and John

We would also like to dedicate this book to three very special women who lost their fight, 2 to cancer (Tinamarie Hacker, Mary Daugherty) and 1 to rheumatoid arthritis (Sylvi Peltier) but gave there all to the people that loved them. A special thanks to Michael Hill with his contribution of the poem Lullaby for Mary. The world is a much lesser place without them. All 3 of these women will always hold a very special place in our hearts forever.

Adam and John

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Tina

Sometimes in the wake of tragedy when we lose something we love

We lose ourselves

Each one of us dealing with our own pain in a self destructing way

No longer caring about what is

Only what was

And what could have been

You were gone as fast… as a moment takes to breathe

Your beautiful soul gone like a fallen autumn leave

You brought with you a light that always seemed to shine

Without you I dwell in the deepest darkness utterly malign

Giving myself over to the sorrow of the pain

My heart’s blood has frozen in each and every vein

My strength and faith have fallen crumbling to dust

Stripping from me everything in which I used to place my trust

As I endlessly circle the globe searching for answers why

The pieces of the puzzle never fits no matter how hard I try

As time slipped through my fingers

The only answer I ever knew

Was one day we would meet again

And until then I would live for you

Dedicated to Tinamarie Hacker June 6, 1965-March 1, 2010

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Behind My Fears

I am broken

Behind the mirror lies a door

Behind my words lies fear

I can’t recognize who you are anymore

When your hope lies at the bottom of a well

Even a small glimpse of the light can be torture

I don’t want to feel sad

I don’t want to feel pain

Most days I wish I could not feel at all

Behind the door lies a mirror

Behind my fear lies words

I am broken

A life undone from its purpose

I have seen these worries from all angles

Spelled any other way you might see angels

But not I

In the race of life I never started

As I sat down for a moment it was over

I am broken

I still dream you know, and I wonder

Who had the dream of me?

I am broken but I am not beaten

For lost within me will always remain hope!

Dedicated to Sylvi Peltier February 7, 1952-February 4, 2012

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Lullaby for Mary

As the sun gently sets,

And the warmth gives way,

To the cool of the evening,

As it fades the day.

Remember all memories thus

Sweet and kind.

That we will share, that we will find.

Keep your heart so close to mine.

That you can feel it anytime.

And close your eyes this night I pray.

To find my love another day…

Dedicated to Mary Daugherty May 22, 1963-February 10, 2012

CHAPTER 1

Poetic/Imaginative

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The imagination is what fuels the soul of creativity that resides in each and every one of us!

Essence of Humanity

If the world ended, who in the universe would know or care except us

The slightest imperfection is never truly understood yet it brings about so much attention

It’s as if the perfection of our one way attitude sets itself up for failure

Always seeing what stands before us in a limited way, instead of understanding there are limitless ways to see the truth

The truth takes on its own meaning for those who choose to hear the answers of the questions they have yet to ask

But where does it come from?

Is there just one source shared by us all or do we all travel the planes of existence separately finding our own teachers

Unity is not openly accepted, however it is something we learn, is the greater lesson what we perceive as being self taught?

Or does everything we learned on our own bring us back to the source of an overmind of vast capabilities and energy?

What is one consciousness if it cannot divide itself to bring truth to the sole purpose of the mentor