Pieces of Me, is Daron Kenneth's newest offering of poetry that takes the reader on the real and often surreal ride through the mindscape of the author's soul. Pieces of Me is an electric journey into some of life's richest and most memorable moments.

Pieces of Me

By DARON KENNETH

AuthorHouse

Copyright © 2011 Daron Kenneth
All right reserved.
ISBN: 978-1-4685-2290-7

Chapter One

    A Common Thread

    Now as we embark on a new period in our lives
    Together, I realize all over again how very lucky
    I am to have you in my life. Little things we share
    Like a conversation just between us or a moment
    When we're all alone just sitting on the couch
    Taking in some music or a movie remind me just
    How wonderful our Tyme is when it's just us
    Enjoying them. We've been through so much
    Together these past few years that I am reminded
    Just how magnificent our relationship really is.
    We have weathered some rough spots and enjoyed
    Many a special quiet moments too, but the common
    Thread to all of our moments together is that we
    Have made it through the tough Tymes and enjoyed
    All of the great ones by just ourselves being us.
    There are so many things that I feel I need to tell
    You but let me start by saying how proud of you
    I am to have for my partner. You make everything
    That we enjoy or endure memorable to say the
    Least. I couldn't imagine spending my life with
    Anybody else nor would I want to. It is that
    Common factor of 'you' that makes 'us' so very
    special and rewarding. Thank you for choosing
    Me as your life partner. We've been through many
    Years together ... here's to many more happy ones
    In the future.


    Afternoon Nap

    She washes her whiskers with dainty paws,
    She washes her fur as she goes. Carefully
    She sees to it that her entire body is cleaned
    Before she is through. Her tiny pink tongue
    Washes her face and ears as she continues
    Her duty before her she does so without a
    Sound. Just as quietly as she began her task
    She finishes and turns to look around her
    Then softly yawns and curls back up into
    A smaller version of herself. But before
    She can fall asleep she take notice of all
    In the space around her, then carefully she
    Falls gently back to sleep for the rest of


    Aimee

    Your rambunctious ways always keeps me entertained.
    Your cute and cuddly little face always makes me smile.
    Your tiny wiggly tail always catches my eye and makes
    Me wonder just what you've been up to. The way that
    You wash yourself a half a dozen Tymes a day makes
    Me envious of your cleanliness. But most of all your
    Beautiful little green eyes make me glad to have you
    For my friend, for they always cheer me up when I'm
    Feeling down and low. You are my special furry friend
    Who snuggles up next to me when I'm lying alone in
    Bed and makes me feel especially Loved, for you depend
    On me for your well being. No matter how I let myself
    Get out of touch with reality you always keep me well
    Grounded with the fact that you need me for food, water
    Shelter and Love. I need you for the playful enthusiasm
    That you always share with me. You are a special friend
    that I need indeed.


    All Alone

    SomeTymes when I'm all alone at night, I start to
    Think about the days when I was young ... days in
    My life when I just longed to have a good friend
    In my life, someone to trust in, someone to believe
    In and someone to Love. The days without you
    In my life were oh, so long and lonely. Then when
    You came into my life I realized how important
    Real Love really is. It's strange how everything
    Came together the day you walked into my life.
    First, I found my best friend, a friend I could
    Care for and someone who needed me just as
    Much as I needed them, maybe even more. But
    Most of all it was someone that I could always
    Have faith that if I trusted in, it would be Tyme
    Well spent. Second of all, I needed someone in
    My life that I could believe in ... that was you, no
    Bells and no whistles, just you. Someone that
    I could believe in and someone who believed in
    Me. Finally, I needed someone to Love ... not just
    Care for me, but someone who I adored and Loved
    Just the way you are. I always knew that it would
    Be someone special, I just never knew it was even
    Possible to have that person be my best friend as
    Well as the person I would call my Lover. God
    Blessed you and I the day we found each other.
    Thank heavens he put us together where and
    When he did, a Tyme when both of us were just
    Looking for that someone special to trust in, to
    Believe in and to Love.


    Another Day

    Today is just a low down day, a day when nothing
    Seems to go right, a day when everything is just
    Shades of gray. No there isn't any color to be
    Found today. Today is a day when you're better
    Off spending it all alone rather than trying to keep
    Up with all of the joy that all others are experiencing.
    So stick to yourself and pray that it is only one day
    And not more. It is okay to cry on a down low day.
    It is okay to feel sad and blue, because nothing is
    Going to change the day back to a day of laughter
    And fun. So just sit back and let the day happen
    As it will, because you can't change it anyway. It's
    A down low day again today, a day when you're
    Going to feel like you'd be better just to go back
    To sleep and let it pass you by. It's a day when
    Nothing but sadness will arise so don't even try to
    Change it. Those down low days seem to be coming
    More and more lately, but don't give up hope that
    Tomorrow can be a day when you can shine again.
    So just sit back and let the hours pass away as they
    Will, because tomorrow is another day ... Another day ...
    Another day.


    Babysitter's Log Vol. 1

    At the age of twelve, I began babysitting to earn some
    Extra money. Being a babysitter can definitely have
    Its advantages. For example, you can come up with
    Some great ideas to keep yourself and the one that you
    Are watching busy. My favorite moments were ones
    Where we invented fun things to do. For example
    When it is summer and you don't have any slides in
    Close proximity, you can make your own out of a set
    Of stairs and some plastic sleds. Being the oldest you
    Get to be the first one to try out your "indoor slide" by
    Going first. As you lean out just far enough your body
    Weight will take you cruising down the staircase on
    Your backside quite quickly. The only problem is if
    There is a wall at the bottom of your slide or not and
    Whether or not there is a door there. So what can you
    Do? Have someone hold the door open and you can
    Continue to slide down the steps just outside the door
    Until you quit sliding and run out of space. Indoor
    Sliding can be quite fun for a long period of Tyme or
    Until someone forgets to keep the door open and you
    Hit your head on the door ... ouch! This can be a sticky
    Situation when someone ends up with a good sized
    Goose egg on their forehead, especially when it's
    The babysitter. This problem can be easily remedied
    What do you do? You can say that it was an accident
    While you were upstairs with the little ones. Then be
    Sure to put the sleds away quickly before the adults
    Get home and realize the babysitter was playing with
    The kids again ... yikes!

    Caution: intended for humor only!! Don't attempt this
    Yourself- This is very dangerous!!


    Babysitter's Log Vol. 2

    If indoor sliding down the stairs leads to too much
    Trouble, you can always try indoor skating around
    Without skates and just a good pair of socks. How
    Does one create an indoor "ice arena?" Simple, you
    Just take and spray some furniture polish on the
    Floors indoor until you get a nice glossy coat of
    Polish of the wood or tile floor, (preferably wood).
    The great part about indoor skating is that you can
    Also use a nice rug as well as your socks to glide
    Around on. Continue to slip and slide all around
    The floor until you or the little ones get bored. The
    Drawback to sliding around indoors is that you
    Create a more slippery floor the more you slide
    Across it. Be careful when the adults get home as
    This can lead to falling adults as well as angry
    Ones as well. The key here is to fix the floor
    Before the adults get home by coating the floor
    with something sticky like soda or some other
    Sticky substance and making sure it is no longer
    Slick and slippery. Babysitters can have hours of
    Fun with this as long as you put the polish away
    And make sure the floor isn't slippery before the
    Adults get home.

    Caution: Intended for humor only! Do not attempt this
    Yourself- This is very dangerous!!


    Because of You

    When I say I Love you, it's because I do,
    When I say I miss you, I wish you knew
    How much and how often you cross my mind
    Not every minute but quite a few.

    When I long to hold you, it's because It's true
    When I say I need you, I wish you knew
    How important that you are to me in all
    Of my life and in every day that passes through.

    When I say I miss you, I wish you knew
    Just how much and very often I think of you,
    Of you my Love, so often, so very, very often
    Throughout my days and all my minutes too.


    Before There Was You

    Before there was you, nothing really mattered.
    Before there was you, were only dark lonely
    Days of emptiness. Before there was you, were
    Only Tymes spent without meaning, without
    Purpose, without the joy of your soul to help
    To enlighten them and make better the days
    That lay ahead. Now that I have found you,
    I can look forward to the days that are to
    Come. Now that I have found you I have
    Discovered the joy that Love brings into my
    Heart each and every day. Soon the Tyme
    That we are together will be a chance to
    Change our future for the better. Soon the
    Tyme will come when we can share our Love
    Between us. Soon the Tyme will be ours and
    Ours alone to share each others company
    Without interruption and without end. On
    The days that we share, we will find our own
    Nirvana and place of peace. It will be a
    Place where we can share and will again
    Find Aeternia. Ah, Aeternia, at last we will
    Find Aeternia forever.


    Bipolar Mess

    I'm feeling down and out today
    I don't have very much to say.
    The day is sunny, but I'm in the grays
    It's been like that throughout my days.
    The sky is blue, the leaves are green
    But gray is the only color I've seen.
    I'm feeling down and feeling tired
    But someday soon I'll be way too wired.
    One day up, the next day down
    One day a smile the next a frown.
    I do not know why I must live like this
    It's not a very nice way to exist.
    I wish I could control my mood
    From feeling down to feeling good.
    My emotions swing from day to day
    I cannot stand to live this way.
    I do so wish my moods were stable
    I'd control my moods if I were able.
    I can sleep all day or be up all night
    This way of living isn't right.
    The day is sunny, but I'm in the grays
    For there is no color to my days.
    If moods are a color then mine is black
    It's the light in life I truly lack.
    I'm not at peace inside my head
    I'll find my peace when I am dead.


    Blue

    Blue is the color that I'm seeing, seeing, seeing
    Blue is the color that I'm feeling, feeling, feeling
    Blue is the color that I'm living, living, living
    Blue is the color that I know so well, so well, so well
    Blue is the depths of depression, blue is the pinnacle
    Of high ...
    But somewhere out there in the middle, is where I long
    To fly ...

    Blue is the color of the ocean, the ocean, the ocean
    Blue is the color of the sky, the sky, the sky
    Blue is just one color of many, of many, of many
    Blue is the color I know so well, so well, so well
    Blue is the depths of depression, blue is the pinnacle
    Of high ...
    But somewhere out there in the middle is where I long
    To Fly ...

    But today is not a day for flying, no I'm just trying
    To swim through these depths of hell,
    Blue is the only color that I've ever known,
    Blue is the color that I know so well ...

    But today is not a day for flying, I'm just trying
    To swim through these depths of hell,
    Blue is the only color that I've ever known,
    Blue is the color that I know so well ...


    Bridges

    People always say "I'll cross that bridge when the
    Tyme comes," but what if that chance never comes
    During your life Tyme? I have also said the same
    Thing and for years I've waited for the Tyme to
    Come so I could cross over that bridge into
    Understanding why life sometimes leads us in
    Directions we never had expected to go or down
    A path we never thought we could just to make sure
    Life continues moving forward. There are some
    Paths that we were never meant to go down alone.
    When you lose someone important to you, you feel
    As though you have lost a part of yourself, that
    You have to go through the grieving process alone.
    Others will sympathize with you, but they can never
    Really feel what you are going through, and try as
    They might, death is an experience that we must
    Go through from Tyme to Tyme. As difficult as
    It is to go through it is something we must all
    Experience when our days come to an end and
    We return to the earth for the final Tyme to rest
    Our soul in peace. There are so many things that
    I regret not to have said to people in my life along
    The way and have now lost those people and the
    Chances are now gone and it is too late. I hope and
    Pray that there is a heaven somewhere out there
    That I will finally get the chance to say the things
    That I should have said when I had the chance the
    First Tyme around ... but now finally get the chance
    Again to say it right this Tyme.


    Campfire

    We started with a few small sticks, then added some
    Paper for good measure. Finally we made a tripod
    With some big pieces of wood. We blew on the paper
    After we had lit it and tried to get the paper to ignite
    With a couple of matches. Slowly a trail of smoke
    Arose from the pieces of wood. Carefully we kept
    Blowing the smoky paper till it had caught on fire.
    We watched as the fire spread from the paper to the
    Dry kindling, fanning the flames until they had caught
    The larger pieces of wood afire. We sat in our chairs
    Around the fire pit as the flames rose higher and higher.
    The colors of yellow, red and orange melded with one
    Another. The warmth of the fire kept the cooler tempera-
    tures around us at bay. We laughed and told funny
    Stories from the 'good old days.' the smell of the crackling
    Wood surrounded us and helped to keep the mosquitoes
    Away. Someone added more logs to the fire and then
    Someone got the idea going that we should make
    Some hotdogs and marshmallows too. As the cooks
    Stood around and made us a snack, I began to hum a
    Song to myself. Everyone was watching the fire and
    Talking. After hours of storytelling and snacks the
    Fire slowly came to an end. We watched the last of the
    Embers slowly die out. Realizing how late it was, we all
    Crawled into our sleeping bags and fell asleep as we
    All watched the small trail of smoke rise up into the
    Sky and beyond.

(Continues...)

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