Exposed: A Collection of Poems - Softcover

McCarthy, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1491707240 ISBN 13: 9781491707241

Verlag: iUniverse, 2013

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Who are we? Where do we come from? What is our purpose? These questions have been asked throughout our existence. Ever since the first campfire was lit, we have asked ourselves if we could do better. And we have wondered what lies in the future. Exposed is a collection of poetry written by John McCarthy, first as therapy and then as an outlet for a vast expanse of emotions. His perspective has been shaped by thirty years of police and investigation experience and by being an avid hunter and nature enthusiast. This collection is the culmination of a four-year journey that begins with despair over a broken marriage and ends in redemption. It's an honest reflection of life's experiences and of a search for a higher calling. This poetic journey begins with "Something's Wrong" in which two strangers in a long marriage pass each other as life goes by. They know everything about each other, but they do not really know the things that matter-particularly how to say the things that need to be said. The author's melancholy path takes us through periods of reflection and self-pity, but it closes on a note of hopefulness. Exposed reveals the poet's enlightenment and purpose-his love of the mountains and the sea, and inspiration passing through old, lonely country towns that time has forgotten. Experience the world through McCarthy's eyes and words: the tragic, the sadness, the lonely, the joy, the redemption, and the beauty.

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Exposed

A Collection of Poems

By John McCarthy

iUniverse, LLC

Copyright © 2013 John McCarthy
All rights reserved.

ISBN: 978-1-4917-0724-1

Contents

Acknowledgements, vii, 
Introduction, ix, 
Favorite Quotes, xi, 
Something's Wrong, 1, 
In an Old, Gray Town, 3, 
In the Heart of the County, 5, 
Everything You Need, 7, 
Alone in the Dark, 9, 
Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?, 11, 
The Unwanted Man, 13, 
The Illusions Are Real, 15, 
Soulitary Confinement, 17, 
I Come to the Mountains and the Sea, 19, 
Echo Bay, 21, 
Autumn in New York, 23, 
Walking through Woods, 25, 
I Can Hear the Children Cry, 27, 
Apples and Roots, 29, 
Killing His Dear, 31, 
I Have Fallen, 33, 
The Man, the Rope, and the Tree, 35, 
Is Me, 37, 
Surrender My Love, 39, 
Word of the Day, 41, 
Forever and Always, 43, 
Scrambled, 45, 
Nightmare, 47, 
I Have Seen the Gate, 49, 
The Tiger in the Boat, 53, 
I Will Never Forget, 55, 
They Were Kings, 57, 
We Hold These Truths, 59, 
The Ship of Fools, 61, 
Sunshine in My Eyes, 63, 
The Man on the Corner, 65, 
You Are Not Alone, 67, 
Jack Doyle, 69, 
Under the Locust Tree, 71, 
Brother, 73, 
I Want to Be, 75, 
Dan Striker, 77, 
The Lonely Heart, 79, 
Key Largo, 83, 
Redemption, 85, 
The Timekeeper, 87, 
Exposed, 89, 
Stardust, 91, 
Hope Springs, 93, 
The Long Road Back Home, 97, 

CHAPTER 1

    Something's Wrong

    "There's something wrong," she says
    With a sigh.
    Anguished looks with tension-filled stares,
    Troubled glances as they walk by.
    Months turn to years, and years turn
    To stone.
    No talking, just walking to be
    Left alone.

    Children grown, no phone calls or cards.
    Toys all gone, broken bikes in
    Empty yards.
    "There's something missing," she says with a look.
    Uneven sighs with crumpled brows
    Into uncovered books.

    "There's something not right," she says
    With a glance.
    Sleepless bed, romantic dreams have
    No chance.
    Months turn to years, and years turn
    To blank.
    Lonely bags on an uncharted course,
    I don't think she's coming back.

    "There's something wrong," she says
    With a tear.
    All those years together are gone. Memories lost,
    I fear.
    Years dissolved to nothing. And nothing
    Turns to dust.
    All gone. Left alone. Blown away
    By a gust.


    In an Old, Gray Town

    In an old, gray town, darkened by a
    Winter sky,
    Sit lonely, broken people, whose
    Dreams have died.
    Silent and soiled, stained from
    Poverty's hold.
    Passing through life's span,
    Their stories forgotten, and
    Happiness never tried.

    Timeless tales of stories left
    Untold.
    Faces scared with blank stares,
    Shivering in the cold.
    Forgotten people with empty yards
    And empty plates.
    Wrinkled children sketched with
    Faces of old.

    Whispering wind crashing through a
    Broken gate.
    Decaying lives, clinging, and gasping
    At heaven's wait.
    Senseless touch of a cold, heartless
    Pain.
    Doubting dreamers of a
    Futureless state.

    This nameless old town, whose
    Outlook is bleak
    Has nameless old people, whose
    Names we don't speak
    And shutters and gates that
    Rattle and creak.
    An old town with old people, who
    Rattle and creak.


    In the Heart of the County

    There is a county in upstate New York where the fields are
    Green and vast.

    There is a field there, in that county, where the grass grows high
    And the sun lasts.

    And on that field sits a house, old and gray, clapboards worn
    And curtains torn.

    And in that house is a room, where the occupant sits
    And hope was born.

    The occupant of that room is a man, whose name is on a
    Board at the road.

    Inside that man is a heart filled with pain
    And surrounded by cold.

    The heart beats slowly now. The days are short,
    And the nights grow long.

    He thinks about how lonely he is
    And feels he doesn't belong.

    For in that heart of the lonely man who sits inside that old, gray
      house
    In that field
    Is the hope for a better day, unlike today,
    And a promise that
    love may yield.


    Everything You Need

    Everything you need to know is right there
    In front of you.
    The problem with seeing is believing
    What you see.
    Events become tainted and askew.
    People turn out changed, not what
    They ought to be.

    Everything you want to hear is right there
    In front of you.
    The problem with hearing is believing
    What you hear.
    Talk becomes cheap, something that
    Our mouths spew.
    Listening turns out to be a chore, easier to
    Turn out a tear.

    Everything you want to feel is right there
    In front of you.
    The problem with feeling is believing
    What you feel.
    Touch...

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: iUniverse
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1491707240
• ISBN 13: 9781491707241
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 110
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