Kathy O'Leary. A Gift from Seraphina. Bloomington: Xlibris Publishing, ISBN 1-4568-5411-9. 2009. Perfect Bound Softcover.
I have travelled for more than 20 years and visited 51 countries on my own. I don't have a camera but write poems instead! My poems cover a huge gamut of experiences. I have captured the weird, the wonderful, heartbreaking, humorous, inspirational and moving aspects of my travelling and life. I have written poems celebrating the inner child in all of us, the secret of Happiness and in honour of another aspect of life... Death. I have also written many personal poems for people whom in some cases I have only met once and unlikely to meet again. My personal poems are thought provoking and motivational. There is a spiritual depth to them too and almost miraculously they zoom in on and highlight the source of a person’s fears and woes and offer release and solutions. I honestly can’t say how I do this, as not only has the individual not talked about their pain to me, in most cases they have buried it from themselves. My poems acknowledging their problems with heartfelt advice and hope bring enlightenment and tears of wonderment, to me too! Most of my poems are written at night in a trance-like state and I wake up in the morning to reams of paper. Sometimes I have to look up words in the dictionary as I don’t know what they mean or even if they exist, and I am amazed to find they are words which express exactly what I am trying to say! Even Oprah Winfrey visiting a murderer in prison is the inspiration for one of my trance-like channelled poems! I feel the prisoner's subconscious was speaking through me and what develops is truly incredible and alarming. My poems are cherished by me. "I have the armour to fight life's lions" and "I have captured the Gift of Happiness within my heart" Even people who don't like poems love mine passionately. They all rhyme and have a readable, enjoyable flow to them. Nobody hears one without wanting to hear another. Last night I dreamed of a beautiful angel called Seraphina who told me she was my travel companion. I feel she should share some credit for my wondrous gift and now have the title for my book which has eluded me for many years.
When you're hurting inside
And waking up makes you cry
There's some place you can go to
There's some place to make things better again
And help you want to know you
To know that you can beat all odds
To live, to love, to succeed
To revel in the Feeling of
Being needed and to need
There's something that can make you fly
Without the wings of a bird
There's truly something that will make all listen
Without you having spoken a word
Your eyes will hold the secret
That your heart and soul will know
That only through troubles, fears and worries
Your strength of mind will grow
You'll have the armour to fight LiFe’s lions
And you can do this on your own
But you'll also have the courage to choose
Not always being alone
You can ask For help along the way
And know your weaknesses make you strong
And you will know that always being right
Will sometimes mean you're wrong
You'll have the skills to love and enjoy
To challenge hate and pain
And you'll have the wisdom to know when you're lost
That you'll be Found again
Yes there's a place where you can go
To help you with your sorrow
To refresh the days open your heart
And promise a sun-filled tomorrow
Just unlock the door of your inner energy
The key is not hard to Find
If you believe in positive thinking
And the power of the mind
Now plunge in the Sea of the Senses
And if you can swim its length
You'll never drown in the Lake of Life
But soar with emotional strength.
Click here to order this book available at Xlibris Bookstore.
Overview:
I have travelled for more than 20 years and visited 51 countries on my own. I don't have a camera but write poems instead! My poems cover a huge gamut of experiences. I have captured the weird, the wonderful, heartbreaking, humorous, inspirational and moving aspects of my travelling and life. I have written poems celebrating the inner child in all of us, the secret of Happiness and in honour of another aspect of life... Death. I have also written many personal poems for people whom in some cases I have only met once and unlikely to meet again. My personal poems are thought provoking and motivational. There is a spiritual depth to them too and almost miraculously they zoom in on and highlight the source of a person’s fears and woes and offer release and solutions. I honestly can’t say how I do this, as not only has the individual not talked about their pain to me, in most cases they have buried it from themselves. My poems acknowledging their problems with heartfelt advice and hope bring enlightenment and tears of wonderment, to me too! Most of my poems are written at night in a trance-like state and I wake up in the morning to reams of paper. Sometimes I have to look up words in the dictionary as I don’t know what they mean or even if they exist, and I am amazed to find they are words which express exactly what I am trying to say! Even Oprah Winfrey visiting a murderer in prison is the inspiration for one of my trance-like channelled poems! I feel the prisoner's subconscious was speaking through me and what develops is truly incredible and alarming. My poems are cherished by me. "I have the armour to fight life's lions" and "I have captured the Gift of Happiness within my heart" Even people who don't like poems love mine passionately. They all rhyme and have a readable, enjoyable flow to them. Nobody hears one without wanting to hear another. Last night I dreamed of a beautiful angel called Seraphina who told me she was my travel companion. I feel she should share some credit for my wondrous gift and now have the title for my book which has eluded me for many years.
Book Teaser:
Emotional Strength
When you're hurting inside
And waking up makes you cry
There's some place you can go to
There's some place to make things better again
And help you want to know you
To know that you can beat all odds
To live, to love, to succeed
To revel in the Feeling of
Being needed and to need
There's something that can make you fly
Without the wings of a bird
There's truly something that will make all listen
Without you having spoken a word
Your eyes will hold the secret
That your heart and soul will know
That only through troubles, fears and worries
Your strength of mind will grow
You'll have the armour to fight LiFe’s lions
And you can do this on your own
But you'll also have the courage to choose
Not always being alone
You can ask For help along the way
And know your weaknesses make you strong
And you will know that always being right
Will sometimes mean you're wrong
You'll have the skills to love and enjoy
To challenge hate and pain
And you'll have the wisdom to know when you're lost
That you'll be Found again
Yes there's a place where you can go
To help you with your sorrow
To refresh the days open your heart
And promise a sun-filled tomorrow
Just unlock the door of your inner energy
The key is not hard to Find
If you believe in positive thinking
And the power of the mind
Now plunge in the Sea of the Senses
And if you can swim its length
You'll never drown in the Lake of Life
But soar with emotional strength.
Click here to order this book available at Xlibris Bookstore.
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