The Heart that Speaks

By Alexander StPaul Lawani

Road to Greater Things
April 14, 2019
All this time
she was in pain,
not knowing she was being pushed
toward greater things in life.
Alexander StPaul Lawani is a fresh voice in the world of poetry who has a passion and love for life and humanity.
Within his first volume of poems, he shares verse inspired by facts, reality, philosophy, spiritualism, and the visionary and ordinary observations of daily experiences. While highlighting the emotions and pain surrounding life’s greatest challenges, Lawani also reflects on the mistakes, regrets, hurt, and suffering of others with the intent of encouraging broken souls to look inward to embrace understanding, courage, self-love, mindfulness, and most importantly, the reminder that none of us are ever truly alone in our journeys through life.
The Heart that Speaks is a poignant volume of poems that reflects on life experiences while offering encouragement to anyone on a journey toward self-love, understanding, and answers

• Language: English
• Publisher: Archway Publishing
• Release date: Dec 3, 2019
• ISBN: 9781480885387

Alexander StPaul Lawani

Alexander StPaul Lawani is a British African from England’s South Coast. He is a former nightclub manager and support worker who has a passion for writing poetry. The Heart that Speaks is his first volume of poems.

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Contents

Introduction

Alex

Picture

Some Days

Weaker Person

Simplicity

True Talk

Cherished Lectures

Dog and Man

Soul Lessons

Rise and Fall

Letter to the Unknown

Love

Relative

Better Too

Remember

Born Free

Good Girl

Fears and Gladness

Loved Ones, Silence and Listening

Lips

Poetry and Soul

Our Mind

Wake Up

Before Now

For Now

Self-Discovery

Today

Giving

The Good Boy and the Love Hill

Pen and Paper

Acceptance

Love and Life

Letter to Unknown Stranger

Inner Voice

Days Like This

In Life

Birth and Death

Back in the Day

The Good Mate

Oh, Hello

Something by Nature

Foolish

After All

It’s Okay

Ego

Love and Honor

Perfect

For Once

How Amazing

Woman

Life

Valuables

Fingers Crossed

Life Decisions

Hey

Who You Are

Trouble and Wise Words

The Silly Couple

Rough Times

The Astrological Teacher

Looking Back

Education

Road to Greater Things

Some Experiences

Sometimes

Carpet of the Heart

Labeled Bad

Image

The One

Stars in Your Eyes

People with Nothing

Anxiety and Patience

Humanity

Now

Golden

Universe

Right Thing

Giggles

Darling

Integrity, the Norm and Ordinary

Arrival

Integrity

Reactions

Solitude

Control and Others

Own Experience

Being Stronger

Life Chances and Choices

Through It

Scars

Ego Blindness

Heaven in You

Circumstances

Your Lead

Poetry in Motion

Unquestionable Love

Beautiful Thing

Loyalty

Strength in Weakness

The Late Arrival and Departure

The Golden Pot

Era and Age

Self-Made Love

Fate and Changes

Motion Painting

The Precocious Child and the Little Adult in Her

The Mirror of Our Heart

Forgiveness

The Hustle World

Not Over Yet

Heartfelt

Labeled Failure

Foundation of Value

Beauty of Life

Selflessness

Food for Thought

Bottled Up

Old Days

Humankind and Colors

Home and Love

Caring Girl

Beats

Hurdles

Writing Poetry

Gifts of Life

Your Voice

Cancer Friends

Gospel Truth of Poetry

Believe in You

People and Struggle

Emotion

The Rain and Sun

Mind and Ease

Vulnerability

Places of Love

Insight View

Act of Patience

Game Players

Self-Platform

Friend

Cool Thing and Real Souls

Becoming

Every Good Woman

Connecting with Pains of Others

Losses and Wins

Pedestal Placement of Others

A Single Word

Self-Critics

Friends Turning into Family

The Weight of Pain

Hungry World

Freedom of Self-Imprisonment

July’s Beautiful Gift

My Master

Learning to Be Happy

To Hate

With Love

Talking Heart

Less Able

Mindful

Values in Motion

Soldier Man

Heartstrings

The Nobody People

Self-Contradiction

Sense of Gratitude

Motion Picture

Goals and Action

Plans

Fate and Path

Stars and Moon

Smile

Loving You

Self-Nurturing

Passing Day

Providence

Guest on Planet Earth

Embarrassment and Judgment

Hate

The Key

The Endless Lecture

Empathy and Senses

The Heart in Pieces

Intuition

Noticing You

Understanding

The Quiet Voice of Struggles

Best for All

About the Author

Introduction

Inspired by a passion and love for life and humanity, I felt compelled to compile a book of my poems, allowing me to express and share my knowledge, thus helping to bring emotional understanding and clarity to complex