My Poetry: UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT

By Terrance J. Williamson

My Poetry: Under the Spotlight is a book of poems that tells a vivid story of moral metamorphosis from beginning to end. Uniquely, you can find many stories within the story, maybe even your own. Therefore, read it like a novel or randomly dive in. Nevertheless, be amazed as the author, Terrance J. Williamson, cordially shares his fall into darkness, a life of imprisonment, and then redemption.

Fortunate to find faith, light erupted throughout the darkness enlightening him to a greater understanding of life. Going through such a dynamic collision he can touch on topics as: Darkness, loneliness, prison, hope, racism, spirituality and more. Featuring the star poem, “Under the Spotlight”.

This catchy body of work is easy to read, yet insightful. It speaks on questions of what is really going on within our world and how we value things, especially ourselves.

Terrance truly makes it clear that although it may seem like you’re alone, we all face darkness. Yet in such a struggle, a fight, a willing heart can always stand up and walk within the light.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Nov 23, 2023
• ISBN: 9798385008346

Terrance J. Williamson

My Poetry: Under the Spotlight is a book of poems that tells a vivid story of moral metamorphosis beginning to end. Uniquely, you will find many stories within the story, maybe even your own. Therefore, read it like a novel or randomly dive in. Nevertheless, be amazed as the author, Terrance J. Williamson, candidly shares his fall into darkness, a life of imprisonment, and then redemption. Receiving spiritual clarity, one can’t help but to see the world in plain sight and tell it like it is.

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ISBN: 979-8-3850-0833-9 (sc)

ISBN: 979-8-3850-0835-3 (hc)

ISBN: 979-8-3850-0834-6 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2023918143

WestBow Press rev. date: 10/27/2023

CONTENTS

Thin Ice

Deeper Thoughts Emerge

Wishful Thinking

Broken

Afraid to Speak

It Killed Everything

Darkness

I Could Not Feel

My News Report

Just Can’t Let Go

Dark Night

Alone In the Darkness

Walking Blind

Fear

The Price

Securus

A Change in Diet

In Maximum Security Prison (The Pit)

Jonah 2:6

A Different Story

Echoes of Defeat

My Soul Day

Letter to Freedom

No Signs of Mail

If You Found Me

Kalima’s Comet

Everything in Jesus

My Spirit Will Live On

Dear Mama

Always In My Thoughts

Great Friend, Wonderful Grandfather

Mansion of the Mind

PSA: My Sincerest Apologies

More On That Thought

Boyz In The Hood

Another Child

When Will It Stop

Never-Black

Mr. Hatlen & His Liking

Say Something

Note to $elf

Under the Spotlight

Rays of Light

Break The Color Code

Our World (Mother Earth)

The Talk-or-A Different Kind of Talk

To The Outside World

My Lonely Road

My Poetry

Dedicated to Detrick Coleman A.K.A. Yusuf who

got this ball to rollin, aint no stopping it now!

Thank you, Brother, and Friend.

INTRODUCTION

At one point of time or another, we’ve all been plagued and have faced different forms of darkness, in our lives. Yet for the slightest glimmer of light, we can find a reason to carry on. I found out that even when facing the harsh reality of prison walls, shackles, and chains, there is hope. This dramatic theme screams and echoes loudly throughout these pages.

However, within your own journey through the mine fields of darkness, just as mine, you can find so much more. Metaphorically speaking, life is full of unexpected explosions. The key thing is how we choose to deal with them once they go off.

Therefore, whether through the murky waters of shame or the glittering streams of glory, I simply desire to share my experience. I have so much hope to reach others over the distant winds with the power of