I did something I've never done before: listened to Country Western music without wanting to burst out crying and spiraling into a dark depression. Thank you - Lithium. My headaches are not as bad and the dizzy spells are not as frequent and the mood swings; well I'm level. Sometimes it feels like "when I 'want' to be happy it doesn't last at long, but I'm just glad the dark feelings don't erode back to light.
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Mental States
A dear friend of mine, and former co-worker; whose proof read some of my own scribbles and given me pointers is in fact a published author herself. Her latest masterpiece work, entitled Mental States: A Poet's Journey is being presented on Amazon. Either as a softcover Create Space edition or on the Kindle version. I applauded, my friend Marjorie Jo Chesebro for the great courage and strength she has displayed in sharing such personal experiences as many still lurk in the shadows of their own stigma induced fears.
We all have "Mental States" but some have journeys that are profoundly on the manic side. Experiences that lead to darker sides, "mental" facilities, various quantities of psychotropic medications and terror filled hallucinations. Finding the right health care providers, support of family and friends to assist you back into the collective reality is never an easy feat. Yet Marjoire endured such things to rise above them and become a professional herself. A "licensed psychological associate, a licensed professional counselor, and an unlicensed attorney", who no one would ever supect of dealing with the manic horrors of Bi-polar. I know several family and friends and co-workers who struggle as well as myself. Mental Health is as vitally important and a daily food menu or excising is to physical health issues.
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Keeping on
There are more days behind me
than ahead
There is a lot of baggage there
and glory yet
I remember tears and fears then
but hope before
Such an air of peace and calm
still to be had
Thankful to family and friends
and God for strength
~David DeLane Snow
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Marjorie Jo Chesebro
My dear friend and former co-worker, Marjorie Jo Chesebro published her book of poetry on Create Space. I am very excited for her. I was very touched to learn she also included me in the acknowledgments and noted me in the credits for some of the Photoshop pictures I did which she used. Marjie is an amazing person and a great writer. She's helped proof read some of my scribbles and she's a great encouragement toward pushing me forward to publish my own efforts. When her book's link is make available I will share it.
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MY WORLD
I've taken my bit and pieces of scribbles and collected them together to be showcased on one web site. I think of it as a complete volume of work entitled THE WATCHER'S REQUIEM. Basically it is about the elves who remained in Middle-Earth who refused to go to the Undying Lands pass the western rim of the world. It is almost a biblical-esk story with a grand climax.
THE TALE OF FAYENDAR
He fled his
father’s home
for the
adventures of self-discovery
under the
banner of a new king
who sought
an elven realm afar.
Yet feeling
betrayed to anger his
elder
brother Calan pursued
the younger
Fayendar with might of arms
of his own,
to came against in strife
those
rebellious freedom seekers heading east.
A great
departure of their own
ancient
forefathers had seen many
sail beyond
the rim of the world
from the
eternal lands of their
precious
living-fair undead.
Those who remained
behind did
fashion a
new society of dreamers,
teachers and
leaders of lesser men,
those weaker
sons of Adam
who survived
the gore of war.
From that
lot of the frail
disenchanted
ones of great loss
Fayendar,
like Nadan before him,
sought only
truth and a higher calling
more than
rote ritual of vain ways.
Taking sides
with his bitter dying father
Calan
scorned Fayendar for leaving
under the
banner of one called
king, by his
own force of will was
uncrowned by
Mithar’s Nephilim sons.
Yet
Varlenfay proved his wrath against
the trolls
and boars that fell
upon Lindol
and its desolation
by which he
gained his fame of might.
For from the
Iron Hills north they came
with
vengeance unknown with brutal
force upon
their wild boar steads
the stench
of trolls made their havoc.
Nine hundred
fell that day yet by
Valenfay’s
swift blade nine hundred
were saved
and called him king
of valor as
the Mithar aided not their case.
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