Illusionary Light: Conversations with God, Myself and Anyone Else Who Cares to Listen (Poems)
A collection of poems from the soul for the soul by Dawn Richerson that includes written on the fine line between madness and spiritual awakening.
This poetry collection was originally published by Autumn Zephyr Press, a Creative Revolutions imprint publishing passion-powered poetry, in 1998. ISBN 978-1-942969-57-0 Download cover and manuscript from this page or order the paperback here.
Poems from the Soul for the Soul
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CONTENTS
- On Going Mad
- What God Would Say
- Issue of Disbelief
- Believing
- Does Anybody Remember My Name?
- Give Me Floods
- Parts of Me
- Demons Lurk
- Silence Speaks
- This Is What Happens
- Nightfall
- Creeping Death
- Without Meaning
- Silent Wait
- Signs of Spring
- Make Everything OK
- Magical Thinking
- Hope Hovers, Faith Fades
- In the Bookstore at 11:00 on Sunday Morning
- You Carry What You Will
- Are You the Messenger?
- Invasion of Night
- Surprised by Sun
- Come to Joy
- Somewhere a Door Cracks
- Remembering
- Lockout Learning
- You Mistake Who I Am
- The God of Wild Things
SAMPLE POEM
On Going Mad
You want to know what drove me mad?
Ah, yes, I know quite well. To tell or not to tell:
that is the question.
Others would say do not speak of it, pretend
it never happened, fake it and you'll make it.
I will tell you what I tell myself nights
I can't sleep, can't think, and mornings
I can't stop thinking, can't stay awake.
But, first, forgive me as I talk to myself sometimes.
It calms me, peps me up, evens me out, leaves
nothing but sunny faith—
and dark doubt