Crossroads

By Allan Finnegan

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Jan 28, 2008
• ISBN: 9781664195561

Allan Finnegan

I grew up in Lynn, Massachusetts and graduated from Lynn Classical High School. After graduation, I served 6 years in the United States Air Force. I was stationed at Langley Air Force Base in Hampton Virginia. I resided there for several years as well as in Virginia Beach, Virginia. I currently work as an X-ray Technologist in Interventional Radiology at Beth Israel Hospital Deaconess Medical Center. I am an avid camper and backpacker and enjoy many outdoor activities. Traveling has also been a passion of mine and I have experienced many wonderful journeys in and outside the United States. I am also of Native American descent from the Micmac (Mi’kmaq) tribe in Canada. I am active in the Native American community and am a Traditional dancer. This is my first book of poetry.

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Rev. date: 10/19/2021

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Contents

Acknowledgements

This Mountain

Sunshine

Indians Lament

The Boys in the Band

Manifest Destiny

A Passions Pain

Realms of Reason/Child’s Innocence

Mountain Top Castles

The Homecoming

Distant Shores

The Dawn of Night

Footprints

Passion

Take Me to the Country

The Window

Outlook

Moving On

Fade to Night

In Quiet Moments

Alone at Last

Scenes of Life

Without Any Lies

Dragon’s Breath

I Want You

If I Should Leave

Whispers of a Foreign Wind

Come and Go

Passages of Time

Alaska

Oh Father

Starting to Fall

Saying Good-Bye

Trying to tell You

The Beauty of You

Chords of Life

A Change is Near

Too Little, Too Late

Tribulations

Buckroe Beach, Va.

Retrospect

The Silent Rapture

Burning Passion Flight

The City Sleeps

The Silent Scream

Blue Moon

Interlude

Climbing High

Nocturnal Pleasure

Childhood Lost

First Embrace

This Passage

Don’t Look Now

One Dream

If You Have To Leave

Once and Then

Look at the Night

Different Drummer

Your Eyes

Take Me Away

But For a Kiss

Lonely State of Mind

In the Land of Dreams

A Love Gone By

Crossroads

A Bright Tomorrow

Forever and a Day

If I Could Change the World

Grand Canyon

Crazy

If I Could Find the Words to Tell You

Some People

Moody Girl

If Dreams Had Wings

Stand By You

Find My Way

Motorcycle Mama

Winners and Losers

New Birth

Dedication

To Jeannette, Paula, and Donna.

Acknowledgements

First, I would like to thank the Creator for giving me this wonderful and special gift that I now share with you. It is by His grace I am able to write such words allowing me to touch others in a way that comes only from the heart. I would like to thank my immediate family for their love, support, and encouragement. To my mother Jeannette, my sisters, Paula and Donna you are the best and my love for you only grows with each day. I want to thank my mother, Jeannette, for giving me the greatest gift. I would like to let my sisters know that I am very proud of their own accomplishments. To my son Joshua whose knowledge of music is extraordinary, I am so proud. Follow your dream.

To my nieces and nephews, Johnny, Summer, Autumn, Holly, Andrew, Heather, Hannah, and Katherine who have been nothing but pure joy in my life. To my father Gilbert Socia and his wife Thelma, your humor, wit, and stories will always remain an integral part of me. You have been a great part of my life.

I would like to give thanks to all my friends and extended family on the Powwow trail that over the years have been there and have listened to the pains of a growing poet and friend both in small and big ways. You have all been a blessing in my life. To Chuck and Zandra Cline and Frank and Kim Altomare I cherish the memory of when we first met and how I have come to know you through the years. To Stephen Standing Owl whose beautiful flute music is an inspiration in and of it-self. To Chuck Hagen and Bert Gunn whose wisdom and intellect have taught me much.

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