What You Will--& Won't See On My Blog

Where you'll find my Blog----

I've been off of my Blog for awhile. Putting my energies into other places online & off. 

I've checked my Stats recently--& noticing "Traffic Source" referring URLs & Sites--Are ones I don't recognize. I suspect they may be some kind of con--To get you to go to porn--Viruses--Etc. 

I'll say it very clearly here---I do not endorse or support porn sites--Or anything else sketchy like that.

This Blog is mine--My original Work--My unique Thoughts--My Property--& It belongs to no one else. 

I write Poetry--I write about "self-help" type life lessons. I don't condone harm or self harm. I don't look to scam anyone. I would not refer anyone to cheesy sites. No creepy 3rd-party b.s. sites that take you somewhere sketchy you've never heard of.

So that's about it. All I should need to say on the subject. 

When you get me--You get info--Lessons--Support--& Truth about living with the ups & down of life--& That's it. The same I've given you since I started this Blog in April 2014. 

Anything else--Sites suddenly connected to it--& Whatever else creepy scammers & trolls try to pull--Are not from me--ever.

Hope that helps--& Hope to see you soon--Reading--Sharing--& Moving forward--No matter what.

Ever More--Fire And Ice Series--Hope & Survivors Series

The Demons 

I've come to 

know,

some

I made.

Some were born

in me.

And I carry

them

still.

The Fires

they see

in me,

they light 

a path

I've always

known.

The Fear

of those who

walk it with me,

I protect.

For only some

may see

in the darkness

I crave.

To Walk

among the light,

is a path 

I feared 

the 

most.

Unfamiliar,

it burns,

a spotlight

in the darkness

I hide in.

The Safety 

I remember

in my dreams,

the places 

where I would

surrender.

I miss those

still.

I Wonder,

as I grow

more used to

the light,

what the other

side of me

will 

feed on.

The part of me

I'd come 

to rely on

so long

now.

I Hear 

the echos

of 

the roar 

inside,

and 

I remember

it lives

in me still.

Whispering

it will 

be here,

hold me in

it's embrace,

ever more.

Premonition--Fire & Ice Series

The rains 

Pour.

The dark fires

Inside me

Burn.

The sun

Blots out

The shadows

I keep.

The Earth 

Beneath me

Shudders

Once again.

The breath

Of my 

Soul

Dampens

With the 

Winds of

Change.

But

The flames

Heat in

Me

A distance

I 

No longer

Cover.

For the

Strength 

Within

Waits

Paces

Grows ever

Strong.

This storm

I see

It's nothing

I've not 

Fought before.

Only 

A premonition 

Of more

To

Come.

Home--Black Series--A "By Josephine McRose" Series

Once upon a time....

These are the words

I long to hear.

I saw you across

a crowed 

room.

This is the story

I should 

tell.

I knew 

you were standing

under a street 

lamp.

A creature

I once

feared.

I could feel

the blood pumping

in my ears.

I could hear

nothing 

else.

My face hit

against 

the piercing wind.

& 

I sat there

still.

This.

This is our

story.

You.

Me.

The light reflecting

off your eyes.

As they followed 

me 

home.

A "By Josephine McRose" Series--AZ Rains Series--Like You Do

The floods,

they're back.

The ones 

I know

follow you.

I find myself

at the window

again 

tonight.

Looking out,

like I 

always do.

I wait here,

the smells,

the creosote

in my lungs,

the scent 

of 

gunpowder 

in the air.

Again.

I check 

the bed side 

table,

& your picture

is still there.

Sneaking past them,

being sure 

I don't wake

them,

in this 

small space

we share.

I turn one last

time,

knowing 

you can't see 

me,

all the way

up here.

But 

I always look

anyway,

your breath

beating 

in my ears.

I climb down 

the stairs,

in this close

hallway,

I feel the others

in their rooms.

Always wondering

if they can

feel me

too.

I finally reach 

the bottom,

floor level,

where I know

you'll be.

Waiting,

like you always

do.

VELVET REVOLVER - Come On, Come In

ONE OF MY FAVES :)

Pictures Of You(Alternate Title--Perfection)--A "By Josephine McRose" Series(A New Name I've Thought Of Writing Under--Family & I Came Up With The Name About 12 Years Ago----I'm Experimenting Here With A Different Style--More Similar To The "Story" Like Style I Stared With Years Ago)--What I Do Here--Is Only A Little Of What I Do When I'm Not On My BLog

Your delicate touch,

you move me

like a freight train.

Your gentle voice,

booms 

in my ear,

from 

behind me,

rattles in my

rib cage.

Your soft skin,

sharp, 

like a blade,

cutting hot

against my

skin.

Your smell,

oh, 

your smell,

in my heart,

a 

scent I can't 

identify,

a smell

I can't

wash from 

me.

That face,

those 

eyes,

that look

at me,

follow me,

know me too

well,

pick me out

of a 

crowd.

That breath,

in my ear,

coming so 

fast,

short gasps,

pounding 

against 

me.

Time,

your

time,

stands still,

slows down

with me,

holds me 

here,

fascinates me,

shows me

pictures 

of

you.

I first started writing poetry yrs ago.

I started writing--Well, since I can remember.

See--writing--Visualizing--That's what works for me. To see--Literally--Is what's in my head. Words--Phrases--Those are foreign--Don't feel right--& I struggle to use them. I always have.

Now--I can talk your ear off--I can tear you a "new one" heard around the world--But To sit down--& Really tell you how I feel--That's not the same thing. Not for me anyway.

So--Here we are--As I sit here--& You sit there--I show you a bit more of what I really do.

I write--Like I see. I draw the same way. I sit in a "Matrix" like room--In my mind--& I see what's in there. What's me. And I turn it round & round--Literally--Until I've shown you all that's there.

I'm pleases to say these things out loud--Because it's who--& What--I really am.
Maybe a little strange--Maybe not unique at all. But it's...Simply me.

I hope to bring some more of "Josephine McRose" to you--Show you where it all began. Where all these people--& They really **are** people to me--Where these people you see here--In my Blog--began. They're just who's always been there--In a different place--In a different time. But they are--Essentially the same--As they were over 10 years ago--& Who they've always been--For me.

So--Please--Feel free to stop on in--Take a look around.

You may see something familiar--Something you can recognize--Maybe in yourself--Too.

We **all** have a little world inside--That likes to play when we're alone. I just draw back the curtains a bit--& Let you join in. :)

Where You Are--A.Z. Rains Series(Different style developed by chance--Listening to Techno/EDM on earphones)

RAIN

ON THE STREET

THE SOUND 

OF IT

FLOODING.

I LOOK BELOW ME

YOUR SCENT

IN THE AIR.

I CLOSE MY EYES

& I CAN STILL

SEE YOU 

STANDING THERE.

I FIND MYSELF

WALKING 

DOWNSTAIRS.

THE RADAR

IN MY HEAD

GOING OFF.

THE RINGING

IN MY EARS

THE SOUNDS

OF YOU.

RED FLAGS

OH NO.

BEACONS.

THAT'S WHAT 

YOU ARE.

SIGNALS

I PICK UP

IN MY SLEEP.

FEEL 

YOU

CALL ME

NO MATTER 

WHERE YOU ARE...

Again--Black Series

The Taste 

of you on

my breath.

The Sound

of you inside

my head.

The Feel

of you still

on

my skin.

The Heartbeat

I 

still hear

ringing

in my 

ears.

Your Voice

in my 

mind's eye

I keep

hearing even

when 

you're gone.

This Memory

of 

you

in my heart

I 

keep repeating

again

and

again

and again.

Because Of You--Black Series

Your taste

in my heart

lies there

like a 

memory.

The feel

of your fingers

on mine

a gentle 

caress 

in my 

mind.

That look

to see if

I'm still there

as if 

I would ever

leave 

you.

Sounds

echoing in 

my ears

the constant

droning of

the world

outside

disappears.

Your smell

sinking into me

changing 

my very DNA

who 

I am

what I've

become.

I sit here

washed

cleansed in 

you

bathed 

in 

your soul.

Sanctify me

I ask

but you

always reply

I am

what you've 

made me

I only

exist

because of

you.

A PRAYER FOR PEACE--WHAT I WRITE ABOUT(COPIED & PASTED FROM MY PRESONAL FACEBOOK PAGE)--WHEN I'M NOT ON MY BLOG

SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT

FOR YOU

TODAY.

A POST ON MY

FACEBOOK 

PAGE--

INSPIRED 

A PICTURE I SAW

AS I SCROLLED

THROUGH

MY 

NEWS FEED.

EQUALITY--PERCEPTION--WHY IT MATTERS.

SIMPLY--A PRAYER FOR PEACE.

I APOLOGIZE
FOR THE ODD
TEXT FORMAT,
BUT I'M MORE OF A
WRITE-IT-ON-A-NAPKIN
KIND OF WRITER,
RATHER
THAN
A TECH SAVVY
ONE.

HOPEFUL
THAT WON'T
DETOUR YOUR
HEART
FROM HEARING
WHAT MINE
TRIED
TO SAY,
&
YOURS
HOPEFULLY
TAKING
A PIECE
OF IT
WITH YOU.

MY RANT FOR THE DAY...A SUBJECT I WILL NEVER BE CONVINCED IS OK...THOSE WHO DON'T LEARN FROM HISTORY-ARE DOOMED TO REPEAT IT.....

THIS-THE HOLOCAUST-WASN'T CAUSED BY ONE MAN'S HATE-IT WAS CAUSE BY ONE MAN SPEAKING LOUDLY ABOUT THE HATE OF MANY. HE WAS CONFIDENT ENOUGH TO THINK HIS PUBLIC HATE-SHARED BY MANY ACROSS EUROPE FOR GENERATIONS-WOULD BE ACCEPTED-WOULD BE ALLOWED-WOULD BE FOLLOWED-BECAUSE HE KNEW HE WASN'T THE ONLY ONE.

WAS HE UNBALANCED-EVIL-& JUST PLAIN WRONG??...YES...WAS HE ALONE??....NO.

HIS TRAINS DIDN'T DRIVE THEMSELVES TO THE CONCENTRATION-WORK-& DEATH CAMPS.

HIS GAS CHAMBERS DIDN'T BUILD THEMSELVES. THE INNOCENT MEN, WOMEN, & CHILDREN DIDN'T SHOVE THEMSELVES INTO THE BUILDINGS-WITH PROMISES OF CLEANSING SHOWERS.

HIS COUNTRY'S CITIZENS DIDN'T STUMBLE INTO THE STREETS-DRAG THEMSELVES FROM THEIR OWN HOMES-& KILL THEMSELVES IN FRONT OF THEIR OWN FAMILIES.

HIS LEADERSHIP OF AN ELITE, SPECIALLY CHOSEN ARMY-DIDN'T BUILD ITSELF OVER NIGHT. HIS LEADERSHIP DIDN'T CREATE EVIL-IT SIMPLY ALLOWED IT A VOICE-AN OPPORTUNITY. GAVE IT PERMISSION-TO PUT INTO FULL SCALE, PUBLIC PRACTICE-THE VALUES OF MEN WHO LABEL, SEGREGATE, ABUSE, TORTURE, & MURDER-THOSE WHO DIDN'T AGREE WITH THEIR OWN NATIONALIST, MORAL, & RELIGIOUS BELIEFS.

I'VE ALWAYS KNOWN THESE KINDS OF PEOPLE EXISTED. I'VE GROWN UP UNDERSTANDING-THAT THE SCARS OF THESE SACRIFICES MADE TO EVIL-WILL ALWAYS BE WITH US. THAT THEY ARE PASSED DOWN-LIKE A GENETIC CODE-INGRAINED IN THE PSYCHE OF A NATION. 

BUT-I'VE ALSO BEEN HONORED TO SEE-THAT THERE WERE *OTHER* PEOPLE-WILLING TO SAY NO-TO SAY THIS WAS NOT ACCEPTABLE. THAT IT SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN-& WITNESS THEM WEAR THE HEART OF THEIR BATTLE SCARS-PROUDLY ON THEIR SLEEVES.

YOU CAN DISAGREE WITH ME. YOU CAN BELIEVE WHAT I HAVE TO TELL YOU IS OVER STATED. YOU SAY-THAT THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN ANYMORE-THAT IT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN WHERE WE LIVE-BECAUSE WE'RE DIFFERENT-BECAUSE *WE* WOULD NEVER LET IT HAPPEN AGAIN....

BUT IT HAPPENS A LITTLE BIT EVERY DAY. IN OUR HEARTS-IN OUR PRIVET THOUGHTS-IN OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR FRIENDS-IN PLACES WE THINK WE ARE ALONE.

IN MORE PUBLIC PLACES-RALLIES, & PROTESTS-IN LINE AT OUR GROCERY STORES-IN OUR CARS, AS WE SCREAM AT THE DRIVES IN FRONT OF US, WHO DON'T EVEN DESERVE TO BE HERE, LET ALONE SHARE *OUR* ROADS.

OUR CHILDREN ARE TAUGHT, & FED BY *THEM* EVERYDAY. OUR FAMILIES ARE DOCTORED BY *THEM* IN YEARLY CHECK UPS.

OUR HOMES & LAWNS ARE CLEANED-& MADE ACCEPTABLE TO OUR OWN FRIENDS & FAMILY-BY *THEM*.

WE RECEIVE EMERGENCY CARE IN FIRES, CAR WRECKS, & DOMESTIC ABUSE CALLS-FROM "THEM"....THE PEOPLE WHO AREN'T REALLY AS GOOD AS "US".

"THEM"-IS ONLY WHO "WE"-MAKE THEM. IT'S AN ILLUSION. AN IMAGINED CONCEPT. A WAY FOR MINDS TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE FIT TOGETHER-HOW WE RELATE TO EACH OTHERS LIVES.

BUT-WE ARE ***ALREADY*** TOGETHER-EVERY DAY.

OUR ONLY JOB NOW-IS TO FIND A WAY TO UNDERSTAND THIS-HAVE THE COURAGE TO ACCEPT IT-& STRENGTH TO WITHSTAND THE ASSAULT OF MISGUIDED PERCEPTIONS & BELIEFS-THAT TELL US DEPENDING ON EACH IS WRONG.

WE-BY IT'S NATURE-IS AN INCLUSIVE TERM-*WE* STAND UP-*WE* FIGHT-*WE* OVERCOME.

WHAT KEEPS ME BELIEVING-MAKES ME STILL HAVE FAITH IN AN ALL INCLUSIVE *WE*??.....

IMPROVISE-ADAPT-& OVERCOME-A USMC MOTTO-I LEARNED GROWING UP, FROM MY DAD.

DO WHAT U CAN LIVE WITH-A MOTTO FROM MY MOM-I CAN ONLY BELIEVE SHE LEARNED THE HARD WAY.

BE THE CHANGE-YOU WANT TO SEE IN THE WORLD-GANDHI'S EXAMPLE OF PEACEFUL SOLUTIONS-TO VIOLENT PROBLEMS.

I HAVE A DREAM-KING'S PUBLIC OUTCRY-& CALL TO ALL WHO STILL BELIEVED EQUALITY WAS IN THEIR REACH.

IMAGINE-LENNON-A SONG-OF MANY-THAT SHAPED MY PERCEPTION OF WHAT WAS-& STILL IS-POSSIBLE.

THESE ARE NOT FAR OFF WISHES. OR SILLY DREAMS. THESE ***ARE*** WHO MANY OF US ALREADY ARE-WARRIORS IN OUR OWN RIGHT-FIGHTING FOR PEACE.

I STILL BELIEVE-& I KNOW I'M NOT ALONE.

YOU-BLACK SERIES

THE RAIN

IT COMES HERE

AGAIN,

THIS STORM 

I CRAVE.

THUNDER 

&

LIGHTENING

CARESS 

MY SOUL,

LIKE ONLY 

YOU DO.

STREAMS 

OF RAIN WATER

WASH OVER ME,

MY TOES

WET WITH 

IT,

A RELIEF.

QUIET 

SURROUNDS ME,

AMONG THE

NOISE

OF THIS 

PLACE.

CHAOS

IS 

WHAT I

KNOW,

WHO I AM,

THE ONE 

I

CRAVE.

YOU 

HEAR ME,

IN MY 

NOISY 

SILENCE,

WAITING,

COUNTING MY

BREATHS

UNTIL I

SEEK 

YOU.

OH,

BUT

YOU

SAY,

THIS CAN'T

BE SO,

FOR 

THE STILLNESS

I SEE IN

ME,

IS YOU.

HOLD ME--WINGS SERIES

LIFE

INSIDE THIS FEAR,

INSIDE THIS WARM PLACE.

YOU GENTLY 

BRING ME HERE,

A WELL 

BENEATH THE GROUND

THAT SURROUNDS

ME.

SOFTLY

YOU FILL THE REALM 

WITH THE SOUNDS

OF YOUR VOICE,

THE ECHOS 

IN MY HEAD.

A SPRING

BENEATH MY FEET

A QUIET LAPPING

AGAINST MY FEET,

AS YOUR PRESENCE

SWIMS AROUND ME.

LIKE THE STREAMS

OF RAIN WATER,

AS YOUR STORMS

SURROUND ME,

YOUR TUGGING OF

FAITH BRINGS ME.

I SEE YOU 

ONCE AGAIN,

LIKE I ALWAYS DO

IN THESE SHATTERED

PANES OF GLASS,

TORN FROM THEIR FOUNDATIONS,

A PRISM OF HOPE.

LIGHT 

FOCUSED IN MY MIND,

DIRECTED BY YOUR EYES

THAT NEVER LEFT ME,

I SEE CLEARLY

AS YOU WALK WITH ME,

GUIDING ME.

A PATH

THAT ALWAYS

FINDS YOU HERE,

YOUR BREATH MINE,

AS YOU HOLD ME, 

THE PLACE I ALWAYS SEEM

TO FIND.

THE ONLY PLACE

I WANT

TO 

BE,
IS YOU.

Combining & Sharing What We Do--The Physical Incarnation Of Our Dreams--Where You'll See Me When I'm Not On My Blog

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TOP--LEFT TO RIGHT

Angel/Spirit Guide

VampGoddess

Fan Art-Spike-BTVS

MIDDLE

Dragon

BOTTOM--LEFT TO RIGHT

Gargoyle

Dragon/Human Hybrid/Spirit

Crow Spirit Animal/Guide-With Girl

 You can see the influence of my Blog in many of  our Items & Pieces we Create.

My Poetry is a carry over of what I think about, & what we do as a family.

I hope you enjoy seeing a physical manifestation of that here.

Feel free to visit us at etsy.com/shop/ReLiArts . You'll see these Listed--& many other Items you may see inspired by what you seen here in my Poetry, Short Stories, & "On My Blog" Ponderings.

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See you there. 

See Me--AZ Rains Series

CONSTANT 

BLARING OF ROSES

PETALS 

OUTSIDE MY 

BALCONY CURTAINS.

THIS IS HOW

I SEE YOU.

THE GENTLE 

RUSH

OF DAYLIGHT

THRU 

MY DOOR.

I HEAR

THE SILENCE

IN THE HALLS

I SEE YOU.

IN MY MINDS

EYE

YOU'RE ALREADY

HERE

TOUCHING MY

FACE.

I KNOW 

THAT

LATER TONIGHT

YOU'LL

BE HERE WITH 

ME.

YOUR HANDS

UPON 

ME

YOUR SILENT CRUSH

AGAINST 

MY
SKIN

YOUR BREATH

I CRAVE

IN MY

LUNGS.

THIS IS HOW

YOU 

SEE 

ME.

In Your Eyes--Eternal Light Series

DISTANT THUNDER

RAGES IN MY HEAD

THE THOUGHTS 

YOU

SILENTLY 

MARCH ON.

THE STORMS

IN MY BRAIN

SNEAK THRU

THE NIGHT

CRAWLING THEIR WAY

BACK 

TO 

YOU.

IT'S AS IF

YOU DON'T EXIST

IF I DON'T THINK

OF

YOU

WATCHING ME

SILENT.

WHY DO 

YOU

FOLLOW ME 

IN MY DREAMS

A WATCHER

YOU'LL 

ALWAYS 

BE.

COME TO ME

IN THIS 

LIGHT

OF SHADE

IN THIS

PLACE WHERE

YOU SAID

YOU WOULD

ALWAYS BE.

NO

YOU SAY

COME BACK TO ME

WHERE 

YOU ALREADY 

LIVE

IN THE DARKER

LIGHT

WHERE THE 

SHADES 

OF YOU 

&

I

GLOW.

FOR IN CANDLES

DIM 

LIGHT

YOU CAN SEE

THE SHADOWS 

IN MY EYES

SEE WHERE 

I HAVE 

ALWAYS

LIVED.

IN YOUR EYES

IN YOUR

SOUL

IS WHERE 

I ALREADY

AM.

Adam Lamburt - Marry The Night (Music Video Glee)--MY NEW GLAM ROCK GOD--WHAT I LISTEN TO WHEN I'M NOT ON MY BLOG

Think Of You--Eternal Light Series

CANDLE LIGHTS

REFLECT 

IN YOUR EYES 

BUT HOW CAN THAT BE

WITH THIS RAIN

SURROUNDS ME.

STORMS FILTER 

THROUGH

SOUNDS

OF 

YOU

ECHO IN MY EARS

AND ALL I CAN SEE

IS QUIET 

IN FRONT 

OF ME.

QUESTIONS

ALWAYS

IN THE AIR

SILENCE

IS STILL

CHAOS

IS RUMBLING THROUGH

MY CHEST

STILL

ALL I CAN 

FEEL IS YOU.

THE ANSWERS

ARE NEVER HERE

YOU TELL 

ME

THEY ONLY APPEAR

WHEN WE LEAST 

EXPECT THEM

WITH THE 

QUIET 

SUBSIDES

WHEN THE STORMS

ARE NO MORE.

THAT'S WHEN 

I THINK

OF 

YOU.

If Not For You--Eternal Light Series

THE SUN 

AND 

MOON 

COMBINE.

MAKING ONE YOU 

SEE.

FOR THE LIGHT 

OF THE MOON

REFLECTS 

IN ME.

YOU LOOK UPON

MY GAZE

AND THINK YOU SEE.

OH

BUT YOU DON'T

KNOW

THE COLORS

IN MY EYES

THAT IF NOT 

FOR YOU

WOULD NOT BE.

Only Me--Poets/Writers/Artists/Musicians

POETRY 

IN MY EYES

THIS IS HOW

I SEE.

THE COLORS

MIX 

SO DELICATELY.

I DRINK THEM

ALL IN YOU SEE.

BECAUSE 

I WOULD DROWN

WITHOUT THEM

WITH ONLY

ME.

Only You--AZ Rains

IT'S FUNNY

HOW I VISIT YOU

IN THE RAIN

OR 

IS IT ONLY

THE RAIN IN MY 

MIND.

I SEE YOU THERE

STANDING IN FRONT OF

ME.

AND I SEE ONLY 

THE SUN 

FROM A DISTANCE

BECAUSE WITH YOU 

HERE

I FEEL ONLY THE SHADOWS

UPON ME.

SOMEONE ONCE SAID

WHY DO YOU CRAVE 

THE RAIN

WHEN THE SUNLIGHT

SHINES SO BRIGHT.

AND I ANSWERED 

THAT I SEE BETTER IN THE RAIN

BECAUSE I CAN SEE ONLY YOU.

Phoenix Monsoon--How We Like TO Do In The Desert--How I See The World When I'm Not On My Blog