My Heart Whispers: A Collection of Heart and Soul Poetry

By Delaristo Stillgess

My Heart Whispers is an intimate look at life through the lens of a man who has led an extraordinary life. Delaristo Stillgess shares and expresses his life experiences through his poetry, written from the heart. Delaristos words will resonate with the discerning reader on subjects ranging from love, family, politics, and celebrities such as Oprah Winfrey, Michael Jordan, and Muhammad Ali. Delaristos strong faith in God is evident throughout his work, taking the reader with him on his spiritual journey. My Heart Whispers is an inspirational, thoughtful work of poetry that truly comes from the heart and touches the reader through the words of Delaristo.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Nov 2, 2017
• ISBN: 9781546208402

Delaristo Stillgess

Delaristo Stillgess is a writer born and raised in Urbana, Ohio but he spent most of his adult life living in Houston, Texas. His first published book is My Heart Whispers: A Collection of Heart and Soul Poetry in which he expresses his spiritual beliefs and thoughts about life through poetry. His second published book, Biker Short Stories is a work of fictional short stories about the biker world.

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© 2017 Delaristo Stillgess. All rights reserved.

No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

Published by AuthorHouse 11/10/2017

ISBN: 978-1-5462-0841-9 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-5462-0840-2 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2017914073

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Contents

My Testimony

One Voice

Changes

My Spiritual Feelings

Fly Me Away

Do You Know Jesus (Like I Do)

Are You Ready?

It Only Takes A Minute

A Lesson with Peter

In His Name

God Is Not A Secret

Great Is Your Love

Limitations

Call On Jesus

Words Unspoken

Faith Vs. Fear — F – C – P

The Bible is………

Embrace Me

Live to Give

Acknowledge Him

My Journey

Prayers and Steps

Be Forgiving

It Was You

A Tribute To Celebrity

When Oprah Speaks

I Wanna be Like Mike

Tina Is

The Man with the Plan

When Patti Sings

B. B. King

A Tribute to Curtis Mayfield

My Family

Allison, My baby sister & Johnnie, My baby brother

Cynthia, (Cindy) My Sister

Avonda, (Vonnie), My Sister

Victor, My Brother

A Dedication to my Parents

A Message to My Children

To My Grandchildren and Great Grand Children

Poems Of Love

I Welcome You

A Special Woman

Strawberry Fields and Lemon Trees

Love is a Feeling

Your Eyes!

Lie to Me

Let Me be the Person

My Love

Daydreaming

Doves Fly Above

If I could have My Way

Today (A poem to my future wife)

Feelings of Love

Butterfly

A Woman

Farewell

Just My Thoughts

I Wouldn’t Recommend You do That

Beauty

Howl at the Moon

In the Arms of Nature

View From the Sky

Life on the Farm

One Love

Life

Brother of the Night

Angry Man

Time — America — Millenium

A Blessed Day

You

That’s Life

Peace and Quiet!

I Wonder Why

Haiku

This book is

dedicated to my children, grandchildren, and great–grandchildren. You have truly been God’s greatest blessings in my life. I love you.

My children:

Cassondra (Candy) Stillgess Armstrong

Sophia (Twia) Janette Stillgess

Cassondra Faith Stillgess Thompson

Coy Myson Stillgess

Trenton Lamont Stillgess Lundy

Quincy Allen Stillgess

Arrick Lamont Stillgess Whitmore

Del Joshua Stillgess

John Wesley Allen Stillgess Jackson

My Grandchildren:

Lysandra

Kimberly

Quinton

Demetrious

Quincy Jr.

Kierstyn

Devon

Tre

Camron

Dominic

Kiera

Camden

Madison

Kearston

Dante

Destine

Danny

Carmella

My Great–grandchildren:

Daniel, Jr.

Christian

Zaiden

Alanna

Paris

Eliana

Maliyah

Adelyn

This book is also dedicated to my future wife, Marianna. I love you dearly.

Behold, I stand at the door and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

Revelation 3:20

My Testimony

I have had a few close encounters with death throughout my life. I have been blessed all my life but there have been at least four times that GOD was surely watching over me, for I know deep in my heart if it wasn’t for His grace, I wouldn’t be alive today. The first time that I can remember is when I was about ten years old. My cousin Mike, also ten, and I were playing on the factory pond in the winter of 1960. The pond was at the end of our dead–end street. Little did I know at the time that it would be an almost dead–end to my life.

Anyway, the pond was frozen over with ice and we were calling ourselves ice skating, without the skates. Being the adventurous kid that I was, I decided to skate out in the middle of the pond, unlike the other kids that stayed safely close to the edge. I was running and sliding and having such