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    A Compilation Of Soul Speak
    A Compilation Of Soul Speak
    A Compilation Of Soul Speak
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    A Compilation Of Soul Speak

    By Rebecca Clare Smith

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    Straight from the journal of Rebecca Clare Smith (author of the Indigo Skies series & the Survival trilogy), this anthology brings you poetic ruminations on the exquisite form of the universe. Be that through the medium of love, loss, nature, or the small thoughts that catch us in the earliest of hours.

    Raw and untouched, these works have been crafted in the soul. Within these pages they are trapped in the hope that they, too, can speak to you.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKatarr Kanticles Press
    Release dateSep 20, 2017
    ISBN9781386235507
    A Compilation Of Soul Speak
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    Rebecca Clare Smith

    Primarily a fantasy hound, Rebecca is an animal lover with a writing style that meanders between dystopian and urban. She lives with her pragmatic other half & their cats in the lovely UK county of Yorkshire (where tea drinking is expected & dunking biscuits is mandatory). A big fan of social media, chances are you’ll catch her online at some point during the day where she is more than happy to add readers & writers as friends. Her day job is friendlier than her plot lines might have you expect & her house is far less cluttered than her head, surprisingly. Occasionally she attempts to garden or clean, but is more often found with her face buried in new writing or the writing of others.

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      A Compilation Of Soul Speak - Rebecca Clare Smith

      A Compilation Of Soul Speak

      Foreword

      Dear reader,

      These words herein were not contrived for this collection. Instead, they were written during periods of my life where I felt particularly fluent in the language of hearts and bones. As such, I ask you to feel them rather than read them. They are from moments of both dark and light within my life. I can only hope that they resonate with you and that you enjoy these pieces as they are finally collected together.

      Rebecca Clare Smith

      Of Small Thoughts

      Sick

      Just a little sick of you,

      Just a little sick of life,

      Just a little sick of everything;

      So please don't twist the knife!

      Complications

      It’s these late night irritations that make these complications and run the ragged rings up in my heart

      It’s these late night irritations that burn all our foundations bringing all the bricks to fall apart.

      Scrap

      Dear Stranger I thought I knew

      Hello is the first thing I’d say to you.

      Hide me in pictures

      Of moments like tinctures

      Counting

      Sick to my stomach & raw inside

      Sick of these silly games & trying to hide

      Snippet

      I could cry a for a thousand years

      But I'll just cry a thousand tears

      And hope you'll come back to me soon...

      A Little Something

      I crushed you and you crushed me

      Is this the way it has to be?

      Three In Two

      It’s not me. It’s you.

      It’s not us. It’s who.

      Saved

      Your face. Your face.

      Enclose me in your space.

      Take my hands and whisper

      All the secrets that you save,

      All the secrets that you crave.

      Just Right

      I hold you close and you don’t touch.

      We whisper things but it’s not much.

      You break your back; I carry you home:

      Some place that we could be truly alone.

      Parcel Tape

      Blank paper.

      Thoughts and feelings.

      Cold caper.

      Contained dealings

      Too Much

      Is it too much to want your heart,

      Your hope, your love, your breath?

      Is it too much to give my heart,

      My hope, my love, my breath?

      A Thought

      I wish I didn’t love you the way I do.

      I wish I wasn’t sad when I think of you.

      Painted

      You painted my soul for the world to see

      A peaceful rook alone upon a tree...

      The purple that’s brewing shows no trouble yet

      But the solitary heart trapped in a sunset

      Watched on by a man with unknown intentions,

      Cautious to fan his whispered intensions.

      Nightly Prayer

      It’s so cold

      I wish there was someone here beside me, holding me tight;

      Someone here beside me, keeping me warm at night.

      Of Nature & The World

      Autumn

      Reds and golds

      And amber hues,

      The leaves that frost

      With morning dews

      Crystal ebbs

      Of spider webs

      Rosy hands

      And big brass bands.

      Autumn shocks

      And starling flocks.

      Universal

      All I am is time and space,

      Compound thoughts in a worried face

      Shattered visions turn to dust

      A society that’s growing rust

      In dark places, the truth still creeps

      In hypocrisy, the world, it sleeps.

      Alas, it was not always so?

      Deep red poppies grow

      By bubbling silver streams,

      Golden sunlight creeps low,

      Fair lambs in pure dreams

      Alas, not always so;

      Littered streets and alleyways green,

      Benches and parks insatiably abused,

      Burglars and snatchers escape unseen

      Police watch unamused;

      Alas, not serene.

      Cream-white clouds softly float,

      Beaches calm in silver light,

      Old, oaken and proud sails the boat,

      Something fresh, living

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