The Beautiful Struggle

By Kari Campbell

“The words in this book are meant to heal; they are meant to affirm both me and you. These words are laced with and dripping with love. These words are freedom.”

 

The Beautiful Struggle is one woman’s poetic odyssey through quiet turmoil, the search for true love, and ultimate revitalization through the art of writing. This book is a memoir filled with reflective prose and insightful poems about faith, love and light.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Archway Publishing
• Release date: Feb 14, 2019
• ISBN: 9781480874343

Kari Campbell

Kari Campbell is a lover of words and a storyteller. She lives in Tennessee with her mischievous dog, Stokely.

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Copyright © 2019 Kari Campbell.

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ISBN: 978-1-4808-7433-6 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4808-7434-3 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2019901378

Archway Publishing rev. date: 2/11/2019

Contents

Introduction

Consumption

Consumption

You Are a Thief

Remembering Times Square

You Voted for Forty-Five

I Made a Mess and Ran Away

I Was Never Enough for You

You Reminded Me of a Love I Once Knew

I’m Waiting for You to Want Me Like I Want You

Addicted to a Feeling that Fades Away

I Actually Prefer to Be Called by My Name

The One Time I Forgot to Scan the Room, You Showed Up

Devastation

I Should Have Accepted This as a Sign

Cloaked in Anger

Our Communication Is Really Wack

There’s No Coming Back This Time

I Made a Serious Mistake with You

Promises I Will Not Keep

Recognizing Depression

We Can’t Be Together

Remembering Prince George

Love Is Believing Those You Love

I Don’t Want to Be Hurt Again

I’m Trying Everything to Get My Spirit Right

Dear Diary, This Man Hasn’t Called

Forgotten

Remembering Baltimore

Clearly I Was Mistaken

Two Things Can Be True at the Same Time

My Body Holds the Memories of You

Maybe I’m Always the One Holding On

Your Spirit Lingers