A Writer’s Craft: Poems for Various Reasons

By Akeisha Latch

A Writer’s Craft is a collection of poems for various occasions and various audiences. The format of this book was intended to reach people in whatever situation they may be going through whether it is with identity or needing advice. Each poem evinces the author’s passion for writing and also shares a personal story about herself or what she has observed from the world around her.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Sep 4, 2019
• ISBN: 9781796057690

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~Inner Thoughts

Sometimes I would have these conversations in my head which seemed normal I mean who hasn’t, but these weren’t the typical ones

But rather conversations that took days months heck even years to end

I tried to convince myself that I could let these thoughts go

It’s funny because I couldn’t picture a normal day without them

As I replayed them in my head over and over again

These constant battles in my head that I’m waging war with leave me piece by piece by piece by piece and I just can’t seem to fit them back together into what was once a solvable puzzle

When I’m faced to look at my reflection in the mirror, I question whether my two brown eyes are pretty enough where you’ll be able to sink so far into them that you’ll be able to see and truly understand that behind a crooked smile I’m drowning at the bottom of an ocean

I’ve realized sometimes the hardest battles are the ones against yourself and piece by piece by piece by piece I’m left asking myself

WHY ARE YOU SO STUPID?

WHY DO YOU KEEP MAKING THE SAME MISTAKES?

GIVE ME A BREAK I’m only human I’LL TRY HARDER NEXT TIME

It’s like you have the devil sitting on one side of your shoulder and an angel on the other

One’s telling me good ones telling me bad and I’m often mistaking the bad voice for the good and then I get thrown so off track until I can barely breathe my head is spinning my heart is pounding and my talking becomes so radical that I.. JUST.. CAN’T… REMEMBER.. What I was talking about …..

Oh yeah and piece by piece by piece by piece