Features “Daydreams Are Shadows”, “You’ve Made An Author Out of Me”, and “Natural”
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Humbling Truth
Humbling Truth by Valerie Parente
To speak your mind is your God given right
but to be heard is a gift.
Be humbled when the world listens.
– Valerie Parente (8-1-2020)
It’s About Time
It’s About Time by Valerie Parente
Don’t put off the thing you’re ready for if it makes you nervous
because the only thing you’re doing is putting off progress.
If it goes bad now you know why and it won’t torment you anymore,
if it goes well you’ll be blessed with a brand new chapter.
– Valerie Parente (7-24-2020)
Poetry Reading & Analysis (Hindsight of the Falsehood ~ Imagination Is Not Free ~ Normal) (VIDEO)
Features “Hindsight of the Falsehood”, “Imagination Is Not Free”, and “Normal” from The Artist, The Muse on Amazon.com
Trust Me, I’m Okay
Trust Me, I’m Okay by Valerie Parente
I think people think that I’m stuck in place
because I still talk about the pain
but I swear that’s not the case;
it’s just hard to verbally move on
when you have ritualistic thoughts
and such a prevalent mental scar.
I promise that at the core of my ego
I truly don’t want what I wanted three months ago
I just can’t help but memorize the pain from your low blow.
Trust me, I’m okay today and every other day.
Sometimes timing just doesn’t matter with the OCD brain
and it’s just a matter of accepting the ways our mind plays.
– Valerie Parente (7-23-2020)
Poetry Reading & Analysis (Why I Apologize ~ Tiara ~ Creator ~ Conscience of Nonsense) (VIDEO)
Features “Why I Apologize”, “Tiara”, “Creator”, and “Conscience of Nonsense” from The Artist, The Muse on Amazon.com
Poetry Reading & Analysis (The Gargoyle Mindset ~ Egomaniac ~ Dreams of Floating) (VIDEO)
Poetry Reading & Analysis of poems from The Artist, The Muse including “The Gargoyle Mindset”, “Egomaniac”, and “Dreams of Floating”.
It’s Quite Simple
It’s Quite Simple by Valerie Parente
If you don’t want a girl to write about you being a prick
then don’t use your sharp wit to pierce a narcissist
whose asked you over and over to quit with all the mindgame bullshit
then expect the wound you chose to inflict to be pleasantly dismissed.
– Valerie Parente (7-20-2020)
Rather Be Haunted (VIDEO)
Theme of Rather Be Haunted & Explanation behind Title
– Valerie Parente (7-13-2020)
Public Display of Creation
Public Display of Creation
by Valerie Parente
She is afraid
of what it means to be admired
in the physical way.
And what does it mean
to be a public display?
The glitter and glamour
of all of the fame
or will she succumb
to the pressure to hide away?
What does it mean to be successful
in this day and age
when all your words are picked apart
and everyone has a say?
Because her words are her art
but the public could always manipulate
the words from her heart.
Oh but how dare they?
How dare you have an agenda,
to destroy what others make?
How dare you burn the books
when you don’t like a phrase?
How dare you take this world
and demand it revolve around your name?
Because we are all artists
with a freedom to create
and to censor what becomes popular
will only lead to a world of heartache.
Yes she’s afraid
of making it to the mainstream
but that’s a risk she’ll take
because every story needs to be seen.
– Valerie Parente (7-8-2020)
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