Through the Fire with a Smile

By Marissa Ariana

Marissa Ariana captures life’s inevitable ups and downs within the pages of her collection, Through the Fire with a Smile. She delves deeper into her own metamorphic experiences and poignant memories to paint a picture we can all relate to. Using her unique poetic style, she lyrically examines subjects from love and friendship to abuse and death, with one goal in mind: healing. With these details, Ariana hopes you will find solace in her words and freedom within yourself.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Newman Springs Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Jan 31, 2020
• ISBN: 9781645314776

Book preview

Better Days

To the eye

you’re all too well

with that smiling,

laughing face.

But oh, if they only knew…

That you’ve seen better days,

when there was so much more

than this

you feel inside right now.

So hold on to that moment

when your heart

danced

and you were

found.

’Cause you’ll see better days,

where there’s so much more

than this

you feel inside right now.

So cling on to that snapshot,

when you’re mind

knew peace

and you buried

yesterday.

But if you can imagine

better days,

I promise

they will come in time to you.

Those quiet places

that you keep

locked away,

better find the key.

You’ll need them to believe:

When you look ahead

to better days,

I promise you things

won’t feel so rough inside.

And if you’ll stand in wonder

at the coldness

that surrounds you,

it will all melt away

into better days.

July Snow

Running late,

truth on my heels.

Scrambling to find

all I leave behind.

The moment has come.

Alone and scared.

Not sure if I’m ready,

my thoughts unsteady.

Thrown into your conscious,

a rude awakening.

Memories erase with time,

not worth a dime.

Yet here you are

standing before me

with that smirk on your face,

stumbling, words all over the place.

I see it all

in front of me now.

Your true colors fly,

leaving nothing to deny.

I’m better off

without you,

that’s for sure,

reality’s no longer a blur.

Facts sink in

as fantasies fade,

phony innocence on display

don’t fool me today.

Now there’s no room

for the games you play.

Good-bye and good riddance,

tomorrow’s a new day.

Sorrow’s Clutch

This darkness

creeps

as dawn breaks in,

settling

in my mind.

Yesterday overcomes me.

Tomorrow’s long ahead,

somewhere I can’t see.

Mistakes

I can’t take back,

words

I couldn’t