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    Everything But a Smile
    Everything But a Smile
    Everything But a Smile
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    Everything But a Smile

    By Candace D. Henry

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    Everything But a Smile is a collection of poems that speak to acknowledgement, acceptance, and fight through the hollows and peaks of the human experience. The author, Candace D. Henry has a knack for gripping the emotions of her readers to get them to not only see the perspectives of her writings but to feel them on a soul level.<

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLumen of Night Publishing
    Release dateOct 11, 2016
    ISBN9780998130118
    Everything But a Smile
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    Candace D. Henry

    Candace D. Henry is an empathic writer who explores the highs and lows of human relationships and interactions through poetry, fiction, and nonfiction outlets. She writes about her passions through her projects and blogs covering food, sexuality, spirituality, relationships, society, natural healing and more. With a passion for writing since elementary years, Candace D. Henry has set out to live her dream as an author of poems, novels and scripts for comedy, drama, introspective and external awareness. Also a painter, Candace D. Henry paints her emotions and channeled visions with oil pastels and acrylic mediums. Candace D. Henry is a partner of Inbound Concepts, a marketing consultancy. With over 11 years of diverse marketing and business strategy experience, Candace consults and educates businesses on digital marketing techniques and strategy development. Her experience includes a vast array of industries while serving - Fortune 500 companies, nonprofits, small businesses, clergy and entertainers. Candace D. Henry enjoys her life in Atlanta with her husband, children, and two dogs. In her spare time, Candace studies indigenous cultures, spiritual and psychic development as well as global modes of healing.

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      Everything But a Smile - Candace D. Henry

      CHAPTER ONE

      Realizations

      Clothes for Love

      What is love when it wears

      the shoes of hate

      sweater of judgment

      accessories of gossip

      pants of vengeance

      and the coat of conditions?

      Real love is naked.

      Women of a Certain Age

      Women of a certain age

      Can't tell the difference between love and pain

      Just want to feel to know they're sane

      Numb to the concept of shame

      Their hearts grew weak from false loves

      Skipping and breaking

      Sitting alone in a corner shaking

      Until they had no fucks left

      To Be Me

      If you've got it

      Give it to me

      Don't hesitate

      Don't talk behind my back

      Give it to me

      Because your words are my fuel

      I consume your judgment

      Skate on your cold shoulders

      Dance to your whispers

      All to be me

      Somewhere along the way, I spit out the Kool-Aid

      I can’t be brainwashed

      Your attempts left scars

      Where I see color

      You see stains

      Strokes and splatters outside the lines

      Ignorant to your

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