The Truth That Hides

By Delaney Spellman

The Truth That Hides is a series of poems that came from the depths of an overactive mind. The words bled out onto paper and formed a story of heartache, passion, and adventure. In between the lines you will find emotions you never knew existed. Each poem will force you to see life through a different lens.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Archway Publishing
• Release date: Dec 10, 2019
• ISBN: 9781480885844

Delaney Spellman

Delaney Spellman is the author of The Truth That Hides and That’s What Aunts Do. When she isn’t painting, singing, cooking or baking, she can be found in the adventure of nature. Surrounded by two beautiful dogs and the fish she rescues; Delaney finds excitement in the world around her. She works hard to bring light to the lives of others through her Mindful Matter blog on her website, www.delaneyspellman.com, and through the All The Good Things podcast. She knows no limits and helps others become strangers to theirs.

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ISBN: 978-1-4808-8583-7 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4808-8582-0 (hc)

ISBN: 978-1-4808-8584-4 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2019920171

Archway Publishing rev. date: 12/10/2019

CONTENTS

Future

All Along

Sweet Dreams

Honesty

Renewed

The Girl I Know

Never Failing

Destined

Hardest Time of Day

Rescued

Left or Right

Suffocation

Tall Fields

Mine

Pulled Under

Color

Picture Imperfect

Best Version

Housekeeping

Take Out Needed

Beauty

Velma

The Flame

Fort

By Your Side

It’s Never Fair

You’re Good for Me

Coming

Exposed

You

Bear Trap

Recipe

One More

Art

Free Falling

Candy

Carbs

I See You

Change

Ken Doll

Deep

Purpose

Personal

Before

Survive

Opportunities

To Me

Purity

Fade

Unsure

Crowd

Our Way

Heartbeats

Numb

Loved by You

Star

Recordings

Face It

Pints

Flashbacks

Lies

Climbing Out

Confident

Fabric

Lenses

Stings

Home Base

Enough

Last Good Thing

Lead

Forget

Grief

Flesh

Hollow

Yesterday

Daggers

Snipped

Subtle

Me

Foot Movement

Unique

Gone

Backbones

Charity

One-Way Ticket

Battered

Middle

Counting

Resentment

Never

Matters

Planted

Pills

Bottom

Desperate

Clumped

Chimes

Sea

Blessing

Stress

Fresh

Blisters

Friend

Ocean

Hands

Roots

Raging War

Sentimental

The Aftermath

Motions

108

Snapped

Elements

Crippled

August 26

Reset

Absent

Magic

Wished

The Truth That Hides

For everyone in the darker times of life—

don’t give up on yourself, and don’t give in.

For the person I used to be.

Can you believe all that your pain came to be.

Thank you for fighting.

FUTURE

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To the body that lay lifeless on the bathroom floor but still inhaled, I see you. To the soul that was haunted by the lies others told, fight the voices that managed to dig inside of your head. To the one with dried blood caked on their thigh, it’s okay to cry. Hidden behind locked doors, praying they don’t find you, darling, push for your tomorrow. To the death that lived inside of me, know that you have no place in these bones. This is for the weak who bullied me every day. This is for the hopeless girl I was. This is for Satan, who attacked me every day. I now know my worth, and I have seen the future. I know where evil goes to rot.

ALL ALONG

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Every once in a while, I stop to catch my breath. It’s truly amazing the growth I have made since you left. I’d like to believe that you would be proud of me. As the days go by and leaves change, I start to recognize the change in me. It isn’t so bad, not like I thought; maybe change is necessary for a person to develop. I want to say that you had a part in making me who I am, but I am different from you. I smile on command, and I can overcome the difficulties in front of me. I know you care, and you want the best for me. I am not the things that happened to me; I get to decide who I want to be. I’ll love you forever. Don’t get me wrong. Maybe the strength wasn’t in you but in me all along.

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SWEET DREAMS

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I will never get a good night’s sleep because while I lie here in between sheets, I realize what’s to come. Soon you’ll lie in the same position, 750 miles away. I’m crying aloud inside my head. The stars, although I reach, are still miles and miles from me. They may be bright, but what comes next is day. So as I lie counting worries, never sheep, I’ll be reminded to cast my cares—not for a big part but far away, just like you’ll be, 750 miles from me.

HONESTY

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Behind untold lies is proof how scared I am. You will no longer be holding my hand. I know you have to be on your own; I need to understand. Do what you need; I’ll be okay. I’ll say that I love you through it all; the truth that hides is underlined and signed. It reads that you’re a part of me that will never leave. Even in your