Thoughts That Cross My Mind Prose, Poetry and Art

By E. Mini'imah Bilal

My writings began as a diary or journal. My young adulthood was very rocky, including an unhappy marriage, depression and employment that I did not enjoy. I would write to relieve stress. I would write about things that were important to me, my existence and the creation surrounding me. I am a visual artist. my thoughts are expressed though colors, shapes and emotional attachments.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: May 15, 2014
• ISBN: 9781496909473

E. Mini'imah Bilal

Evelyn loves to talk about almost anything, but only if it’s interesting. She boldly ventures into prohibited subjects such as religion and politics. Her family and friends encourage her in positive ways while running swiftly away from her excessive talking. She finds their actions quite amusing most of the time. Meanwhile, she finds talking to herself unsatisfying. Evelyn feels she has something worthwhile to say and numerous thoughts to share. Since her expertise is not that of a public speaker, her only alternative is to share her thoughts through writing. Time is of the essence for she is a late bloomer, and at age seventy-four, her time on the earth is rapidly dwindling down. With that said, she has decided to share her thoughts with pen and paper. That way, she can still have a conversation with family, friends, and strangers. When they tire of her voice, they may just put the book down for a short moment. Evelyn is a visual artist first and foremost. She has continued to express herself through that media. She also has the need to express herself in other creative ways, acquiring new knowledge and discovering different ways of expressing herself. She currently has one book in publication, her first, in 2014. That book is titled Thoughts That Cross My Mind/Prose, Poetry and Art. Her present book is a compilation of very personal thoughts on various subjects. She feels privileged to be a participant in a personal conversation with each reader. Each of their thoughts and silent responses serves as the second voice in a conversation with her.

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Thoughts

That Cross

My Mind

PROSE,

POETRY

AND

ART

E. MINI’IMAH BILAL

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© 2014 E. Mini’imah Bilal. All rights reserved.

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Published by AuthorHouse 5/6/2014

ISBN: 978-1-4969-0946-6 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4969-0947-3 (e)

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Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction: This is Me! Mini’imah B.

Experiences of Life

Niccol

Twin Minds

Love

Times Spent

You Reap, You Sow

A Cloudy Day

Life’s Struggles

Unseen Miracles

Love Defeated

Life Is

A Rainy Day

Lee J.

In The Fall

Loneliness

A Fleeting Moment

Faith

Summer Spent

Lost Times

Life’s Patterns

Defeat

Chaos

My Apology

Unanswered

Earth

A Misplaced Tree

Too Black To Be Beautiful

Freedom Wings

How Strict My Stance

Thoughts

To See Is to See

Lovers

Sheer Fantasy

In A Fog

Sun

Gift of Nature

Masculinity

This Time, His Time

Together

A New Day

The Beginning, The End

So High, So Low

Is He or Not

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Acknowledgements

   I was conceived - then my soul was clothed with flesh, bones later developed - through the path of copulation and swept from the loins of two