To The Shadows and Back

By Kevin Densmore

COME ONE, COME ALL!!! Here for you is one of the darkest and yet oddly satisfying shows for you to see. Inside this  book are over fifty new poems by an author who has literally so much to say. You will laugh. You will cry. Yet at the end of it all you be satisfied and enlightened. Come take a journey as we walk into the shadows and discover that no matter how dark it gets there is always a way back.

 

...In his third book of poetry Kevin Densmore (Author of  April & Zeus and the Stories to Inspire and Tales that Terrify series) takes us on a journey asking the hard questions and giving us the hard answers. Whether we want them or not....

• Language: English
• Publisher: Kevin Densmore
• Release date: Jan 29, 2024
• ISBN: 9798224038695

Kevin Densmore

Kevin began writing short stories when he was an awkward teenager living in a small town in Alabama. Now as an awkward adult, Kevin now lives in a small town in Illinois and still writes short stories. Only this time he is releasing his madness into the world.

Book preview

Poetry Again? (Introduction)

Hey Guys how are you? Now I know what some of you are thinking, did I really write another books worth of poetry and well yeah I did. It wasn’t supposed to happen but it did and here we are.

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I know I know, where is the horror, where is the terror? Well as I have stated in my last two books of poetry I am more than just a man who crafts scary stories. I have my emotional moments and I usually transfer those emotions into poetry. And I have had an emotional year let me tell you. Plus poetry is an excellent palette cleanser when I am writing those horrific tales of mine.

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Like always there is someone to thank. And this time it is Erin Taylor. She came along in my life right when I needed someone and well now we are here. Plus the cover  you see. She did that.

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Well that covers the basics. Now get ready for an emotional ride. Some of these poems will amuse you, some may touch your soul, while others may have you thinking I should probably get back on my meds.

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So let's do this people, darkness awaits, but I promise there is a light at the end of this tunnel. So until next time.

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Toodles,

Kevin Densmore

To the Shadows...

I found a safe place to hide

A place where I belong

A place where I can lay my head

And finally call it home

I walked into the darkness

Hell Bent and Heaven sent

Selling my soul for sanctuary

Even though it is already spent

I am alive in the unknown

In a world where rain does not fall

A place where I matter

And I can ignore the sirens call

Safety upon these shores

To the shadows I shall run

Away from the watching eyes

Away from the blistering sun

Welcomed I will be

As I let life drift away

Inside my temple of peace

And in the darkness I shall Hide away

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October 3rd 2023

Stab My Eyes

Did you hear me the other day?

Did you hear me cry?

As I tried to make it through

As I searched for the reason why

I tried to be better

Than everyone else around

It’s funny how laughter

Looks like screaming without any sound

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Walking in bad weather

Clears my broken mind

Yet I am out of focus

Which I guess is better than being out of time

My eyes have seen horrors

That I do not wish to share

I have seen the decline of empathy

And to be honest I just don’t care

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So I propose a toast

To the newest tear inside my eye

I can’t help but to be haunted

By all the ghosts of days gone by

I’ll never be better

Just one more confused dying soul

I knew that my life was going to hit a wall

The minute I gave you control

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So did you hear me the other day?

As I tried not to cry?

Might as way turn around and walk away

Because I might just die

Not that you will notice

When I am gone

At least you're not burdened

And I finally left you alone.....

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April 3rd 2022

Yes, Another Love Song

I’m in love

Let my words show you

Let my kiss

Take over you

My heart beats for yours

My life is for you

I’m in love

With you

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Love knows the way

To cure a soul

Who is in crisis

And out of control

Love knows how

To save any day

A superhero

That comes and stays

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I’m in love

With an angel

Who knows how

To make me stable

I’m in love

With my future wife

I cannot wait

For us to start this life

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Love knows when

To come shining through

And it overtakes

That dark part of you

Love knows where

It does belong

So come sing with me

This beautiful love song

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April 20th 1993

....In high school I wrote love songs for profit and away they went. I got this one back three months later and lost it. I found it in a jacket half destroyed after years trying to piece it back together here it is. I know it is