Part 4 -Lost poems (continued)

I began writing poetry in 1983. I started to grow one step at a time and went two steps backwards for quite awhile. Although I had never written poetry before and I never took a class in poetry. So it stands to reason, that I never learned the rules of poetry. One day I was just flooded with words. It didn't matter if I was driving, at a stop light, on my break, or in the middle of my work day. The words just kept flowing and I would just keep writing. On many occasions, I wrote until midnight. I kept paper and pencil in the car, by my bed at night, in the lunch room at work - it didn't matter. It took me almost three and a half years of constant writing before I could begin to see that I was making strides in the growing and healing department. I even lost my poems in a move at one time, only to find them five years later and decided to put them in a scrapbook. I never, ever wanted to lose my poems again.

I hope this book helps you in some way. You are not crazy because of your emotions going up and down, minute by minute. It doesn't matter what your crisis was, a divorce, loss of a child, any loss is difficult. I would write a happy poem one day and five or six sad one's all at the same time. Sometimes on the weekends I would write until midnight. I hope that "Reflections: A Moment in Time" will help you get through some tough times. I hope my book will help you on your way of being a strong, loving, compassionate individual on the inside as well as the outside,

Gloria Hildreth
"Reflections: A Moment in Time" copyright 2009