No Trail to Follow

By Deborah Thompson

This book was written with the hope that you will find yourselves somewhere within the pages for inspiration, laughter, clarification, and/or hope. I have chosen to organize the pages so that the reader could enjoy the various styles from a serious point of view to justifying the Insanity with laughter as nothing should be taken. So serious that you can not laugh. It is entitled “No Trail To Follow” because there should be no looking back.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Dec 20, 2018
• ISBN: 9781546267867

Deborah Thompson

I began writing poetry at an early age because my mind was always fixed on the artwork, and poetic dialect formed in the greeting cards that arrived at the family home, and when I entered junior high school I fell in love with a poem called “The Ballot of Johnny Appleseed”. I have never forgotten the poem and it is still my favorite poem today. After graduating from Indiana Wesleyan University, I was still not comfortable doing anything that wasn’t creative like writing, drawing or simply making something out of nothing, and grateful today for the ability to bring joy to and hopefully inspire someone else.

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Copyright © 2019 Deborah Thompson. 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  12/19/2018

ISBN: 978-1-5462-6787-4 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-5462-6785-0 (hc)

ISBN: 978-1-5462-6786-7 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2018913412

Acknowledgement

The book is dedicated to my Mom…Louise Lawson who is still the strength of our family, and in my eyes the Queen at Heart. She is why I’m here, and why I can do the things that I do. Thank you to all my wonderful Grandchildren who have loved me unconditionally, and who is the inspiration behind many of the poems within. And a very special thanks to Felicia Rutledge, and Byron Nolan-for all intents and purposes bought me back to life. Thank you to some very special friends like Latanya Baltimore, Mable Stroman, Sharon Hasan, Opal Nolan, Anetria Carter, DeShawn Ward, Denise Champaingn, Gary Fizer, and Gabriel Henderson. To my son Gregory who have never said no to me…I love you, and to my Daughter Tarurah who bought my first computer in the early eighties…I love you, and a special thanks to Akela who have continuously called to see how I’m doing, and most of all To Kalev and Kimora, I will be here for you when everyone else have gone Including me. When you feel an unexpected breeze upon your face, or a soft kiss across your cheek; remember that I am here,

Contents

SERIOUSLY

Transformation

Never Comes Early

Hello

The Rhythm Takes Control

Trying Times

Corrugated Resume

How Can Right Be So Wrong?

Not Ready

Testing 1, 2, 3

Woodward and Kirby Revisited

It’s A Mystery to Me

Sometimes I Wonder

Approachable

Roaring Twenties and the Baby Boomer

Ode to The Bully

DREAM A LITTLE DREAM

Climb

No Trail to Follow

The Beauty of Birth

Hey Little Girl, Do I know You?

A Moment in Time

Breath

White Noise

The Last Tic-Toc

A FAMILY AFFAIR

A Queen at Heart

Grandma’s wisdom

You Can Always Count on Me

First Born

Mama’s House

BECAUSE YOU’RE MINE

I am

I Am Pleased to Have You Here

Ms.

Old-school Romance

Word

Distant Lovers

Tic Toc

Broken Hearted

The Senses

GLORY

Alone with God

I Would Not Leave You

Until I Come Down

Amen

Rise

The Coming

JUST LAUGH

Nine -To -Five Grind

Second Changes

Psychomaterialisticosis

Elderly Gentleman Player for Life

Too Hot

It’s all in a Name

Even If

WINDING DOWN

Hard-wood Floors

No Trail To Fo

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