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We don't get many poets on Ramblings of an Amateur Writer, so this is a real treat! Today, Nicola Black shares with us some of her poems.


A Story not Wished to be Read is the thoughts and inmosts feelings of the author in poems of all styles. It contains darkness and self-doubt, but also hope and love. The style varies, but the message never does.


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Excerpts
Dark Passages

Don't follow me

Down the dark passages of my mind.

Though I need you near,

Would you stay with me

To find my dark secrets?

Are you willing to risk

Getting lost in the shadows

To bring me light?


Come follow me

Down the dark passages of my mind.

I want to lure you and keep you

Forever mine.

To get entangled in my sinister thoughts

And never get free…

Would you want to be mine then?


Save me from

The cruel dark passages of my mind.

Teach me how to love, how to trust.

Take my hand and

Lead me to the light.

Give me yourself

And I'll give you everything.


Faith

She suffered in the torment she made

When she did not trust God.

Through tears and fears she did wade,

Trapped in her horrifying abode.


He showed her mercy and love

And first she was blind.

All she saw were clouds above,

And Satan spoke in her mind.


When at last alone, tired, and afraid,

She thought to turn to His love,

All she thought He would do- upbraid

And knew she deserved Him to disapprove.


But still He gave love, mercy, and grace

And with tears in her soul

She fled to His warm embrace

And no longer felt cold.


Reminiscent

Looking back on my short life

Should I be ashamed?

What did I do and who did I please?

And was there an innocent blamed?


When I account for my life

Will I be able to say

That I did my best and tried my best

And made the darkness go away?


Only time will tell whether

I deserve the crown

The crown that God will deme fit for me

For my life, for my time I've been around.


Time

Is there enough time in this world

To do what you want to do

To be as helpful as you can be

To do what you long to?


Is there enough time in this world

To think what you want to think

To be as creative as you can be

To not think of your rank?


I think there's enough time in this world

To do what you want to

To think what you want to thin

To do what you long to.


About Nicola Black

Nicola Black has always been a very creative young woman. When she was younger, she and her mother would make up stories together. As Nicola got older, she started writing them down. However, she would never finish anything. Throughout school, she had to write poems for English. She was homeschooled and her patient mother taught her how to write well. Eventually, Nicola started writing poems outside of school projects. At first she did not think they were very good, but after a while, she finally published her first set of poems on Smashwords. After receiving some very good reviews, she finally realized that she could write. Nicola Black is currently working on three novels and a compilation of short stories.


Nicola Black has been to Scotland three times, but is currently living in the South. She has also joined the Navy and is going to boot camp in September. She also enjoys writing music.


Find Nicola Black Online:

Goodreads profile
Blog

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Published on April 06, 2012 21:01
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