Hope & Despair: A Selection of Poems

By Chevonese Brown

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Oct 28, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669848172

Book preview

Introduction

So glad you choose me because I bring delights. Hoping to drag you to and from the light. We live in a time of sorrow, yet if we try, joy is found. So with this book, I ask you to experience despair yet reflect on the hope that’s always there.

I hope you can always find hope when we travel on a road surrounded by darkness.

Dedication

To my family and friends who are always there to help and remind me of the joys that can be found in life. Please enjoy!

Contents

Introduction

Dedication

1. Awake

2. Transition

3. Life

4. Universal Pathway

5. Sing

6. Defeat

7. Free

8. Losing

9. Deliverance

10. The Journey Home

11. Wounded

12. Dangerous Game

13. The Kiss

14. Depression

15. Trash

16. My Request

17. Wanting

18. The Dealer

19. Journey

20. Redemption

21. Renewed

22. Starting Over

23. Heartbreakers

24. Another Round

25. Help I Cry

26. Voices

27. Our Chance

28. Courage

29. The Great Killer

30. Life Choice

31. Life Taken

32. Revolution

33. Regrets

34. Hype

35. Change

36. Acceptance

37. A Teacher’s Journey

38. Travel

39. The Carry-On

40. Strong

41. Misery Tamed?

42. Crybaby

43. Trying

44. Rejected

45. Pride

46. Finally, Family

47. Replay

48. Hope

49. Fight

50. Watching and Waiting

51. Relations

52. Left Behind

53. Painful Reflections

54. Survival

55. Second Chance

56. Failure/Decision

57. Confession

58. A Woman’s Journey

59. A Father’s Loss

60. A Father’s Dream

61. Romance

62. Mistake

63. Final

64. Broken

65. Expectation

66. Revenge

67. A Memory: My Escape

Awake

I like the peace

I can’t even hear the beep

Darkness surrounds me

There is nothing, only me

Can’t remember how I got here

I know something bad took place

But the knowledge escapes

There’s a painful throb

Just beyond my reach

For this I’m happy

For I can sleep

Life moves fast

But in here the pace is slow

I can breathe deeply

Maybe even let go

Time has stopped

Or so it seems

While my body ages

My mind stays the same

For my mind there is function

My body not so much

Yet sometimes I feel something

Running up my arm

Or a stroke on my leg

These I can’t explain

The touches are not from me.

The maze widens

Every time I hear a voice

There it is again

My name!

I don’t understand

Whose calling

Can I ignore?

I wanna stay here some more

But they keep calling

A light is forming

It’s spreading

It’s spreading

Brightness, Hello!

Transition

I am here

The lights are bright

The sound surrounds

Pleasure releases by a touch

Everyone here loves so much

Loved ones are missed

But this sadly is nothing but bliss

We walk on the path

One made with golden crown

The warmth gladly surrounds

Showing this is truly real

We are in heaven, bow down.

Life

Escape is a word I cherish

Not because it means leaving

But that it means freedom

The journey of losing oneself

or the beauty in staying true

And forming something anew

Redemption starts not with a bang

But a ding

Beats are performed from a failure’s drum

Can you