Stones of My Heart:
One Woman's Life Journey
by
Kerry Taylor
Description
In this poetry
collection, follow author Kerry Taylor's journey as she survives depression,
abuse, stalkers, and bad hair days.
From the author:
"Recently, I self-published my first book of poetry called Stones of My
Heart: One Woman's Life Journey. It details all the
different stages in my life from childhood, to teenager, to motherhood, to a
wife and finally to a single mother. What makes it different from most? Everything, I am an average woman, fighting to
survive in the world, and I have had too many kickbacks and keep trying to
survive. That counts for a lot in my eyes and others'."
Excerpt
Beauty
I wrote this after the birth of my second son. It
was a new experience to actually "plan" a child, and I was
overwhelmed, by the decision to have him and even more, when he actually
arrived I was even more overwhelmed.
The pain
The agony
The push
The pull
The screams
The cries
And then he
came
Beauty
In my arms
In my life
At last we
meet face to face
At last you
are by my side
Those feet
that used to push
Those arms
that used to punch
That body
that used to turn
That back
that used to hurt
Right inside
of me
No longer
inside
Now on the
outside
Rubbing my
hands against you
Stroking my
fingers along you
Poking you
Are you
real?
Prodding you
Are you
real?
Touching you
Beauty
At last you
are here
Here with me
Frightened
After a car accident, I left my job in Crawley
to further my education, and return to study my MBA at the University in
Birmingham, where I had the awful experience of being stalked, which led to the
poems "Frightened" and "In The Night". He used to break
into my flat, take my personal belongings, and electrical goods. It took a long
time to realise that this issue was not self-inflicted. I felt that I had
encouraged him. It took a long time to trust and believe that I could befriend
others and not fall victim of my friendliness.
Frightened
of life
Frightened
of time
Frightened
of tomorrow
Frightened
of yesterday
Where should
we go?
Where did I
go?
Too
frightened to answer
Too
frightened to know
To know what
is before us
To know what
is behind us
What does it
mean?
To know the
truth.
What could
it mean?
To find out
what lies beneath.
Ignorance
could be bliss
But it never
brings about peace
The peace
that conquers
The things
that make us frightened.
Review
Kerry Taylor's poetry
tells stories with words, and paints an organic metaphor for what it is to be
human. Where others paint pictures on canvas she digs deep, into the makeup of
what lies underneath our humanness, expressed brilliantly in the raw poetry as
she writes in "Decision". Some poetry is nice and flowery, other
poetry lovely and sparks emotion, but great poetry does it all and infuses into
your cells to haunt you, because you know it has been lived by a life that felt
it. Taylor has the gift to relay it on the written page. This beautiful
author's poetry is a must read.
About the Author
Kerry Taylor is a single mother of three children, currently living in
Madrid. She has been through a lot in her life - from being stalked and abused,
to being separated from her estranged husband - all while expressing her life
through writing in different forms.
She have released a series of autobiographies in the form of short stories and poetry in the books Stones of My Heart, Life's Pebbles, Emotional Rollercoaster of a Single Mom, and Gravel of Moments.
Kerry has recently written a series of romantic comedies: Blind Dating and Fly, Pray, Love, Money Can't Buy Me Love: Money Can Buy Me Love, and She Said, He Said. She is currently working on the four-part series, Nearly Natal.
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