"The Tellings" and "The Untellings": Of a World Seen Through the Eyes of Life’s Journey

By J. J. Robertson

The journeys of life, of love, of loss, and of its...”trials and tribulations”...as so encountered by each, whether chosen or have had thrust upon us, may dictate actions in reactions perhaps reconciliatory of approval within an appeased approach given of a rationalizing in the moment, of a mind somewhat awry, framing its way towards the realization of the inevitable.

However, be not so blinded by those notions as they spring forth, for the inevitable is a reality of fact all must face. Such are the written words of...”The Tellings” and “The Untellings”...



...YOU ARE NOT ALONE...

• Language: English
• Publisher: Archway Publishing
• Release date: Dec 29, 2020
• ISBN: 9781480898639

J. J. Robertson

His genius lies within each line of his verse...within each phrase of his prose. His madness lies within “The Tellings” of the soul and of “The Untellings” told. His genius lies within...”The Interpretations”...to so be perceived by one and all. His madness lies within a “Tapestry of emotions” unseen, untapped, and taboo... And whether secreted or hidden from view...all are yet known and felt by you! There is a fine line unseen, though beheld (in twist) of: “Genius and Madness”. “The Tellings” and “The Untellings”...as so written, manages to capture it all... Combining both: the very concept and its definition of: “Genius-vs-Madness”!

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THE TELLINGS

AND

THE UNTELLINGS

OF A WORLD SEEN THROUGH

THE EYES OF LIFE’S JOURNEY

J.J. ROBERTSON

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ISBN: 978-1-4808-9862-2 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4808-9863-9 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2020921455

Archway Publishing rev. date: 12/23/2020

*The Tellings And The Untellings*

*Acknowledgements*

WITH GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION…

               ...TO THE AUDIENCE OF READERS…

                               …AND TOO…ALL THE WRITERS…

THIS…MY SECOND BOOK, IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY:

…OF…NICHOLAS NOEL…

*About The Book*

The journeys one endures…of life, of love, of loss…the emotions unseen, yet felt…of

grief, of anguish, of guilt..…and the ills felled by its pain, torment, and madness; are

but a few of the topics broached and so written in The Tellings And The Untellings.

Its graphic climates are depicted in sound bites…real, specific, and painfully personal.

Presented in settings that are veritably colored and drawn of, in, and to; a myriad of

various selective themes…tunneling…it’s way through a series of Tales and Odysseys.

Its ledgers are vivid as each line is glossed in poetry and prose…while being phrased

and measured within a frame-work, perhaps acrimoniously…semi auto-biographical.

Notions so ascribed within The Tellings And The Untellings are seen threaded and

spliced with impressions that may seduce suggestions…uncomfortably provocative…

unto the darkest aisles and innermost sanctums of one’s mind. Essay’s and storylines

have been written to intrigue, titillate, and promote given notice into acknowledging

the many facets that are stayed held, conditioned, and entrenched, in the somewhat

self-absorbing…sub-conscious mind of man.

Subject material written in…The Tellings And The Untellings…may reawaken past

remembrances long held, long hidden, and or perhaps, long forgotten. Throughout

these writings.…a plethora of given insights have been ubiquitously encased within

a cadre of passages. They may come to evoke an "afterglow" to some members of

this audience of readers: the curious and the pleasure seekers; of times unsaid!

As such, many have indeed…at one time or another, succumbed unto the throes of

darkness, horror, and despair. Between the lines and within the readings are these

tale’s told in…The Tellings And The Untellings. It will therefore become known to

one and all…

…You Are Not Alone…

Within every storied episode, and within each tale, each odyssey has been flavored

with elements consistent in use of…Poetic License…allegorical and alliterative. So

styled in verse sautéed by rhythmic rhyming, and in musings both metaphorical and

anecdotal with its narrative’s…and within its messagings.

Table of Contents

Category Number 1

*Beyond The Darkening: T he Aisles Of Man’s Despair*

Another Tombstone

The Autumn Realm

The Shallow Minds

Dead End

In Course Of Discourse

Of Mankind’s Chains

The Screams Of Silence

Category Number 2

*The Appreciations: Love-Folly-Beauty-Dreams!*

Of A Heart Genuine

Love’s Loss

Of A Naked Youth

The Love I Lost

The Life Significant

In Question

A Silhouette For a Dream

Love’s Lullaby

Category Number 3

*Daggers: The Heartbeats Of Life And Death*

In Mourn Of Strength

The Awakening Soul

The Gift Of Share

For The Son Shall Also Rise

In Memory And Tribute

At What Price Freedom

Category Number 4

*Power And Fear: G ifts Of God…Errors Of Man*

The Trials of God’s Child

Perdition

After The Fall…Then The Rise

Category Number 5

*A Pendulum Of Evil: Tribute To E.A. Poe*

Effigy To Poe

The Shattering Mirror

Shades Of Shadows

The Unsainted Lost Soul

The Hell

Death’s Trumpet

Category Number 6

*Odyssey: The Spectrums Of The Time and Travel*

The Human Sojourn

Lesson In Time

The Journey On

In Scenes of a Palatial Sphere Arising

Category Number 7

*Observations: A Diatribe Of The Curiosities*

Identity: Part A & B

Provocative Thoughts

Of An Opinion

Category Number 8

*Ah! All Seriousness Aside: In Serendipity

Formula For A Winning Team

Sayings One Way Or Another

The Oxymoron-Paradox Adaptation

Category Number 9

*Of Life’s Journey…So Cometh Man’s Learnings*

Life’s Essential Keys

Pondering of ThoughtsPart One…

Pondering of ThoughtsPart Two…

Guidelines: Stepping Stones

The Employee Criterion

Keys To Business – The Workforce Toolbook

Category Number 10

*In Random: Networking The Matrix Perspective*

Of Case In Point: Part One

Chess Games

I’ve Got News For You

Innocence Extinct The Last Dinosaur

Category Number 11

*Impressions: I n Wonder Of The Telling Eye*

The Forgotten Years

Spitballin’

A State Of Mind

The Face Of Adversity

The Voice Of Virtue

Troubled Times

The Epilogue

IN FINAL SUMMARY

IN SECRET LIE

From The Private Written Files Of The J.R. Trove:

THE TELLINGS

Impressions In Essay-Diatribes In Tale-Truths In Beliefs

AND

In Lament Soliloquy Touched In Prose…Versed In Poetry

THE UNTELLINGS

OF A WORLD SEEN THROUGH THE EYES

OF LIFES JOURNEY

Category Number One

*Beyond The Darkening: The Aisles Of Man’s Despair*

Never Leaving Us…are the shames etched in our fears

Brought to bear…by our behavior toward one another

Never Leaving Us…are the hopes, wishes, and prayers

That mankind will soon learn…how to love each other

Never Leaving Us…are mankind’s chains that we bear

As we battle…through God’s land…alone or together.

And…

       Never Leaving Us…

                                    Are the tangled webs we weave…

In our conflicts…of war…

           …In our conflicts of life…

                        …In our conflicts of love…

                                        …In our conflicts of peace…!

               The following themes lends presence to…

               The Telling And The Untelling dreams…

               In mirrors prism…of reflections unseen…

               Of our pains…our guilt…and of our pleas.

*Another Tombstone*

As the 1940’s… with its wars of the