Naked on the Bus: One Woman's Journey Told Thru Poetry and Prose

By Suzanne Morgan Varona

A raw and intimate look inside one woman's journey with all the relationships that impacted her life. Beginning with her family, friendships, first love and all the ones to follow. Sharing the pain and heartbreak of the failures and the euphoria of the ones that motivated her to keep going. It's about survival, unconditional love and truth.

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• Language: English
• Publisher: LitPrime Solutions
• Release date: Mar 8, 2023
• ISBN: 9798887031378

Suzanne Morgan Varona

SUZANNE MORGAN VARONA has been married three times and has one daughter, Michelle, from her first marriage. While continuing her search for "home", she currently resides in Colorado.

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Published by LitPrime Solutions 08/11/2023

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Contents

Acknowledgements

Foreword

Perspective

Free the Firefly

First Loves … Mom and Dad

To Dad

To Mom

The Beginning That Never Ended

David … High School Dreams

Losing you

Letting the Good Ones Go

And There You Were.... (My Michelle)

Angel Child

Butterfly

Watching Her

Suddenly

Go

A Father’s Good-by

Who Am I?

The Image

Searching

The Far Side

Take A Chance

Eyes

Cardboard Girl

Limbo

Lenny’s Delusion

Nemesis

Analogy

Clarity

Moving on

The Eternal Optimist

Forever is an 8 hour trip

After all

Just Friends?

Dreams

Love, As a Woman Loves

It’s Simple

Denial

Reprieve

Soul mate

Awakening

You and I

Seasons

A Losing War

At Last

Those Tender Years

Reflections

Woman

A Special Life

Epilogue

Sharing the Dream

Just a Man and Mt. Suzanne

Survival

The Answer Is …

Slow Dance

The Gift

Once

I Tried

Ode to a Sad Ending

Missing You

Without You

Love Stands Alone

Sanctuary

When It Rains In September

The World of You and Me

Memories of Mom

To All The Brave Young Men

To Binkie

Acknowledgements

A special thank you to my friends for their unswerving faith, support, and encouragement. They gave so much of their time and resources to make certain that my voice would be heard.

Thank you to all the great writers and philosophers who shared their wisdom and insights with the world and whose famous quotes I looked to for inspiration. Rick Moody, Oscar Wilde, Mark Twain, Maya Angelou, Princess Mara Ruspoli, Paul Williams, Josiah Royce, Plato, Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Anais Nin, Joseph Joubert, John Patrick Shanley.

Perspective

So much of what I write is about pain, heartbreak and disillusionment. There are so many books that inspire us to feel good, pull ourselves up and out of our despair, and that’s a good thing. But I also believe that we have to experience all the emotions we have, not bury them or hide from them. Shed those tears that want to be shed and feel the anger that builds up inside before it becomes a danger to us and to others. I think too much emphasis is put on feeling good all the time when it is only human to be sad when our heart is broken and angry when we are pushed to anger. Highs and lows, peaks and valleys, this is life. I have spent so much of my life feeling guilty that I wasn’t tap dancing through it, that I finally decided to just feel what I feel when I feel it. I know there are millions of you out there who know exactly what I mean and so I