Raindrops in December

By Alice A. Marioscot

A collective of poetry and story snippets, Raindrops in December is written from the heart and embraces topics such as love, heartbreak, and finding your way again. Written over the course of a year, this book combines a variety of writing styles with emotionally charged messages to convey the authors feelings and thoughts and ultimately produce relatable pieces.

• Language: English
• Publisher: LifeRich Publishing
• Release date: Dec 4, 2017
• ISBN: 9781489714442

Alice A. Marioscot

Alice A. Marioscot, also known as A.A. Marioscot, is a Texas based author with no true credentials. She was raised to believe that if a person had a dream, they should pursue it. So she did.

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ISBN: 978-1-4897-1443-5 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4897-1444-2 (e)

LifeRich Publishing rev. date: 11/16/2017

CONTENTS

Preface

Foreword

Red Lipstick

Painted Stars

Salt

Unknown Eyes

Revelations

Angels of Downtrodden Souls

Homily

The Evolution of a Poet

Beautiful Lies

#beautiful

Society’s Symphony, Movement I Nine to Five

To Live

The angry Rain

A Penny for your Thoughts

Empty Dice

100 Cities

Tell Me

Snakes

Utopian Distortion

Rose Petals

Father

Red Brick

Curiosity

The King’s Fool

Headaches

Time

Society’s Symphony, Movement II Cracked Marble

Life to the Right

Devil’s Game

Cracks In Brick

One Line Rhymes

Reverie

Happiness

Her

Eyes On the Clock

Bermuda Triangle

Chinese Finger Trap

A Ball and a Chain Has a Name

C. M. P.

Precious Stones

Undeniable

I…

Who Knew

Candy

Seattle Skies

Perfect

In Due Time

Ten Thousand Words

June

Illusionary Love

Broken Homes

Fighting Chance

Dead Man’s Chills

Little White Lies

Society’s Symphony, Movement III The Waiting Room

Diamonds & Gold

Moonlit Fields

Trinket Boxes

Ashes to ashes

Paint Chips

Miami Beach

Empowered

Raindrops In December

Epilogue

About the author

This book is dedicated to the family I was given,

and to the family I have chosen.

For Pamela, For Casey,

And in remembrance of Bernice,

I hope you’re saving me a seat in the back pew.

PREFACE

I’m an average human being. Throughout my life, everything I tried I was average at. I wasn’t bad, but I wasn’t great either. It wasn’t my talent. And for some reason, I decided to hunt for my talent as if it was a deer I wanted to hang on my wall. The thing is, talents aren’t like deer. You can’t sit in a blind and wait for it to cross your path. You have to go find it yourself and try new things and find what you like.

One morning, back in 2016, while I was getting ready for an early class, I had an idea for a