Guest Post: Charlie

Our next guest poster is one of my very best friends, Charlie, from Veteran Artist.  She
is truly my soul sister and one of the most beautiful writing voices I know.  She is married
to Vinnie and together they are raising two sweet little boys.  Recently, Charlie published
her first book, "The Face of a Memory" and I could not be more proud of her for not
only chasing her dream, but making it a reality.  Visit her blog today and learn more
about this amazing work of written art!

“No man, for any considerable period of time, can wear one face to himself and another
to the multitude without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the truth”.
–Nathaniel Hawthorne

 A poem by Charlie:

Experience

I am the witness

From husband to father

From boy to man

Story told

Battles unfold

Layers           

Insults

Injuries

Justification

Complication

A spirit that resides

Excitement

Warrior

Guided

Full circle

Love

Softness in place of what was hard

Hardness in place of what was soft

Remembering

Forgetting

Forgiving

Loving

The promise of the past not coming into the future

And the promise that the future wont forget the past

The eyes of a child

The strength of the father

The touch of a mother

The building of a tribe