Words of the soul

WORDS OFTHE SOUL written by Tasia Moreen Phillie

THE STORYOFTASIATHE IMMIGRANT\"I'VE ONLY MOVED TO NEW YORK MORE RECENTLY,\" PHILLIE SAYS, \"IT'S A LOTDIFFERENT THAN I THOUGHT IT'D BE. FROM WHAT I HAD HEARD FROM THE MEDIA IHAD PUT TOGETHER A CERTAIN PICTURE- THAT IT WAS A MEAN, DANGEROUS PLACE.BUT THE MORE TIME I SPEND HERE, THE MORE I REALIZE THAT'S NOT THE CASE. IHAVE MADE SOME WONDERFUL FRIENDS WHO WATCH MY BACK, MY NEIGHBORS HAVEBEEN HELPING ME ADJUST, AND EVEN STRANGERS ARE FRIENDLY TO ME. MAYBE IT'SJUST BECAUSE THEY SEE ME AS A LOST INDIVIDUAL, OR MAYBE IT IS BECAUSE WE AREALL A LITTLE BIT LOST HERE. NO MATTER WHAT IT IS, I'M GLAD IT IS HERE.\"I HAVE BEEN LOST BEFORE, IN MY LIFE. MORE THAN ONCE I HAVE BEEN KNOCKED OFFOF MY FEET WITH NO ONE TO GIVE ME A HAND- BUT HAVEN'T WE ALL?\"WHILE I BROUGHT THE MISFORTUNE ON MYSELF, I DO NOT REGRET IT. AT ALL. ALLTHE CHOICES I HAD MADE TO LEAD ME TO THIS POINT WERE MADE WITH A GOODHEART. THAT MUCH I KNOW FOR SURE. AND THROUGH THESE DECISIONS HAVE COMESOME BAD THINGS, BUT BAD THINGS ARE BOUND TO HAPPEN.\"WHAT HAS HAPPENED, THOUGH, IS NOTHING SHORT OF A MIRACLE. I HAVE BEENSHOWN KINDNESS AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT I WOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN GIVEN BACKHOME, LIKE MEETING MY WONDERFUL, DOWN TO EARTH FRIENDS.\"SOMETIMES I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THIS WAS AN ACCIDENT, BECAUSEEVERY DAY I FIND MYSELF SEEING MORE AND MORE PUZZLE PIECES OF MY LIFE FITTOGETHER. IT'S LIKE MY VISION IS CLEARING- THAT I AM FINALLY SEEING THE BIGGERPICTURE. THINGS THAT ONCE DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME NOW ARE AS CLEAR AS DAYIN TERMS OF COMPREHENSION. MAYBE THIS WAS FATED TO BE, OR MAYBE I JUST GOTLUCKY- I'M NOT SURE IF I WILL EVER TRULY KNOW THE ANSWER. BUT THERE IS ONETHING THAT I AM SURE OF.\"HAVE FAITH IN PEOPLE. SOME PEOPLE CAN BE MEAN, ANGRY AND HATEFUL, BUTMOST AREN'T. SOME PEOPLE WILL MAKE YOUR LIFE BETTER- THEY WILL MAKE YOUSMILE AND LAUGH AND FIND MEANING IN YOUR LIFE WHEN YOU THINK THERE ISNOTHING. THEY GIVE YOU HOPE THAT YOU WILL BE OKAY. THEY GIVE YOU THEPATIENCE YOU NEED TO GET THROUGH LIFE. THEY CAN, ALL IN ALL, SAVE YOUR LIFE.\"KEEP YOUR FRIENDS CLOSE- HOLD THEM TIGHT AND NEVER, EVER LET GO.\"

CONTENTS2. ABOUT THE AUTHOR3. Out of my Reach4. Please, Tell My Lover5. Hell is Where I Am6. Everyone Doesn't Know7. Let's Face It- Fate Is A Bitch8. I Thought I Saw You9. Always Seeing You10. Everyone Knew I Loved You12. Light Your Own Way13. I Am Sorry That I Died14. Shed Tears15. Even Today16. Made Me Happy17. Art Is You18. Rest When I Get Back19. Time Has Rewound20. I Am Trying21. Now What?

FOR MY LOVER, WHO ALWAYS KNOWS WHERE TO FIND ME FOR MY FRIENDS, WHO AREALWAYS THERE WHEN I NEED THEM\"Everything in life is a puzzle. Those whoknow you chosest know how to piece you back together.\"- Tasia Moreen Phillie

Out Of My Reach: A Haiku Sometimes I can feelA something I wish was real It was always you.

Please, Tell My Lover: A Haiku They think I am dead- That when I left I had died. But I am alive.

Hell Is Where I Am: Freeform I am again trappedIn another foreign world. So familiar- Yet never the same.

Everyone Doesn’t Know: A Haiku I am panicking Neutral faces all around No one can see it.

Let’s Face It- Fate Is A Bitch: A Haiku Fate unites us, then Rips us apart tragically. What a bitch

I Thought I Saw You: FreeformI see you in everything I see Everywhere I look Everyone I meet But then I realize- No one compares to you.

Always Seeing You: A Haiku Saw you in the crowd-I thought we could meet again- But it wasn’t you.

Everyone Knew I Loved You: Rhyming Couplets From the day we met They’d all made a bet That you and me Would be kissing in a tree. They weren’t wrong, As I sang you a love song And you’d nicknamed me Your honey(bee).

Light Your Own Way: A Haiku Some days you have toLight up your own world when the Sun is not shining.

I Am Sorry That I Died: Freeform I had always been good- You had always known that.I was more selfless than I should Have been, in the end.

Shed Tears: A Haiku I am so sorry-You must be feeling so down. It is all my fault.

Even Today: Freeform Even today, After months have passed, I still love you. Even today, After moons have heightened, I am still quite frightened. Even today, After suns have shone,Everything has shown me that I miss you.

(You) Made Me Happy: Freeform On those mornings Where the sun didn’t shineI didn’t have to worry because Light shone from your soul.

Art Is You: A Haiku I could spend hours-I could spend hourless days- Looking at art- at you.

Rest When I Get Back: A Haiku Stay awake right now,You should go to sleep later When I am with you.

Time Has Rewound: Rhyming Couplets If you are reading this You have found me. We ran out of bliss I have no more to see. I yearn for your kiss- I bet you would agree.

I Am Trying: A Haiku I search day and nightFor a way for you to find Me and retrieve me.

Now What?: Freeform I am lost and aloneIn a world I don’t know Again. Please help me Please bring me back home.

DECODING INC I don't talk about love much, and that is because it was stolen from me. However, over time, I have written these poems to make it up to them. Hopefully they will understand. Please, forgive me. We will find each other again.Parisian Elemi HotelRoom 22Telephone Number: (268) 213-1521