ONE MIND, ONE LINE
CONSU(ME)

I was awakened by your touch and inspired by your love (NS)
Your fingerprint forever etched in the stratosphere above (CJW)
Lingering in the air, the dreams I'm dreaming of (KP)
Your love has birthed a passion in me, like none I've never known (LJ)
Grown a robust attraction, from the seeds of affection you've sown (JH)
My love for you has bloomed like a flower whose scent is forever sweet (BJT)
Thoughts of you engulf my mind, while completely taking over me (CRC)
Your touch, your love, your being is more than a fantasy (DGR)



LOST AND FOUND

Standing in a crowded room, my loneliness consumes me (NS)
unheard and misunderstood, my distinction entraps and entombs me (JH)
Every eye in the room seems to pierce into my soul (BJT)
Seeking and searching for what the surface does not show (KP)
Refocusing my thoughts beyond this loneliness, all mine (LJ)
Mentally restoring, soaring, finally confidence...as I knew I’d find. (CRC)
So kind of them to reflect the awe I have inside (CJW)
Yet again I retreat deep inside; happiness within--I cannot find. (DGR)




REA(LIES)

I waited by the phone, although I knew it wouldn't ring (NS)
Thoughts ran rampant through my mind as I imagined you with someone else all night (DGR)
What is it about them, or is it something about me (BJT)
The waiting and anticipating, are driving me crazy (JH)
I need to fill my moments with more than stale memories of you and me (LJ)
Seems this madness corrupts me to sadness daily, don’t you see what you are doing to me? (CRC)
Or is it I that need to realize... (KP)
Materialize the illusion that appears before me, silently... no ring... (CJW)




CLOSE CALL

I heard the phone ring, I saw the number and my body wouldn't move (NS)
It's been so long and I wasn't expecting you (KP)
Days turned into months without a word. (DGR)
And now suddenly you've returned out of the blue (JH)
Dazed, remembering the sweetness of you, should I answer...haven't a clue? (CRC)
What if you're waiting for me to come through? Should I... (CJW)
Yes...No...I am so confused. (BJT)
Frozen. The phone is still ringing...and suddenly my heart sings from the other room "Babe, should I answer that for you..." (LJ)
Contributing Authors: Nancy Stricklin, Baraka Truss, Jeffery Hall, Carmen Caddell, Christina Jones-Wade, Kelly Powell, Lauren Johnson, Daphine Robinson
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“WHEN GREAT MINDS COME TOGETHER, AMAZING THINGS HAPPEN. AND IN A WORLD OF REPEATED ATTEMPTS TO TEASE THE SENSES AND INTRIGUE THE MIND, SOMETHING NEW HAD TO BE CREATED. THE DAY DAWNED UPON ME TO TRY SOMETHING I’VE NEVER BEEN BLESSED TO ENCOUNTER AND I WANTED TO CREATE IT FOR ALL TO ENJOY. A SELECTION OF 45 SHORT STORIES/POEMS, WERE CREATED WITH 8 MINDS AND PERSPECTIVES. IN EACH STORY/POEM, ONE MIND CONTRIUBUTED ONE LINE, PULLING FROM THE LAST THOUGHT CREATED, AND MOLDS THE WONDERFUL WORKS YOU’RE ABOUT TO EXPERIENCE. THIS IS TRULY A TREASURE TO BE PONDERED AND SHARED BY ALL.”   - NANCY T. STRICKLIN

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