Life's Journey: Naked (Ka hunaka'ii ola: kohana)

By Michael Lemes

Life's journey is a melee of despair and happiness. The author, overwhelmed by a vortex of emotions, sought solace in verse as a coping mechanism and found healing. Follow the vulnerable passage of survival, pain, and bliss-and the periodic instrument for spirit-on these pages. The wish is that the reader will find connection, inspiration, and h

• Language: English
• Publisher: Hellroaring Publishing
• Release date: Jul 20, 2022
• ISBN: 9798985848625

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Copyright © 2022 Michael Lemes

All rights reserved.

No part of this book may be reproduced or used in any manner without written permission of the copyright owner except for the use of quotations in a book review.

Cover and interior layout by Blue Pen

ISBN: 979-8-9858486-1-8 (paperback)

ISBN: 979-8-9858486-2-5 (ebook)

This book is dedicated to my children, Vraunwyn and Sorin, who are the greatest gifts in my life! They make my life richer every day.

Acknowledgements

The writings were never written for public view. These are intimate poems jotted down that started as a coping mechanism for stressful life events, further evolving into an expression of my life’s path, giving it a voice that enabled me to grow and heal.

I have been motivated by a spiritual whisper to gift these works to my children with the purpose of uplifting them and others who are struggling through life’s challenges, for them to know that they are not alone in this world. To inspire readers to find the inner strength, resilience, and perseverance to find their bright spot every day.

I would like to express my profound thanks to Victoria Griffin of Blue Pen. Without her assistance this book would have never come to be.

Contents

Looking Glass

Awakening

Bleeding

Bloodsong

Caged

Half-Breed

Ekolu

Hand Glass

Ho’oponopono

Iron Sanctuary

Leo

Little Faith

Lost

Memory

Feral Child

Roar of the Surf

Rousing

The Angels Cried

Twilight

Love

Allure

Bliss

Breathtaking

Broken Solitude

Burning

Butterfly Kisses

Double-Edged Blade

Dreams

Enigma

First Embrace

Joy

Kindred

Linger

Love

Love is . . .

Magma

Mercy

Mirage

Nighthawk

Perfection

Resurrection

Rules

Summer

The Embrace

The Hum

Three Wishes

There You Were

Touched

Wanton

Where Was I Not to Notice You?

Lessons

Alternate Reality

Cat and Mouse

Chains of Pain

Controlling the Illusion

Cut Off

Darkness

Deceptive Angel

Death Worms

Deception Reflection

Deception or Truth

Fafnir

Fate

Forsaken Treasure

I Hate You

Lie

Lies

Lucifer’s Deceit

Monster

Not Love

Plunder

Puzzle

Rockslide

Shattered Dreams

Sin

Superficial Love

The Beast

The End of My World

The Light

To Kill a Baby’s Soul

Velvet Darkness

Why?

Gifts

Ajax

Babies Are Made Of . . .

Broken Baby

Christmas Every Day

Dynasty

Edelweiss

Frigg

Little Britches

Hau’puehuehu, This Is for You

He Mahele O’ Kuu Puu Wai

He Mahele O’ Kuu Puu Wai, This Is for You

Hercules

Hoa Aloha

Illyria

Kilinahe

Kittenish

Ko’i’ula

Lililehua

Lullaby

Ma’o Hau Hele

Odin

Pohakea

Polani

Polu

Ripley

Rubens’ Beauty

Snowdrop

Sorsha

Squish and Squeak

Tiger Lily

Tiny Princess

Thoughts

Boredom

Life

Rules

Quotes by Masters

A Quote From My Daughter

Contemplation

Community

Bullies

Be Perfect

Cat’s Paw

Cocooned

Darkness Incarnate

Defilement

Dipsomaniac

Embrace Your Gifts

False Gods

Freedom

Greed

Haunted

Heavy Hands

Match of the Siege

Mothers

Not Learning

Notion

Oligarchy

Punishment

Shades of Blue

Starlet

Stronghold

Self-Respect

Stop

Trust

Unreal World

Vote

Faith

Belief

Casting Stones

Hope

Insignificant

Inoa Po

On the Mountain

Perhaps

The Guff

Otherworldly

Awareness

Birth

Clarity

Compelled

Falling

God’s Finger

Metal

Midnight

Nocturnal Anguish

Query

Shapeshifter

Vampir

Waking

Yod

Deities

Cyprus

Fire, War, and Love

Freya

Wisdom

Valkyrie

Vix Hellion

Nature

A Window into Their World

Aloha

Ballad of the Wanderers

Bloodlust

Buckaloose

Cloud Nursery

Forest Jewels

It’s Going Off

K-23

Ki’i Pohaku

King of the Skies

Kure

Nene

The Kissing Ball

Overstepping Humans

Prairie Wolf

Papahanaumokuakea

Rebirth

The Aegean Sea

The Blue-Ringed Octopus

Wisdom We Can Learn from Wolves

Wheel of Life

Wolf Star

Dream

Curtain Wall

Panthera

The Vision

Multihued Rainbow

Blacksmith and Steel

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