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    A Prisoner & a Poem for a Princess
    A Prisoner & a Poem for a Princess
    A Prisoner & a Poem for a Princess
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    A Prisoner & a Poem for a Princess

    By Wayne T. Dowdy

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    A true romance that began after Wayne reluctantly agreed to write Karen. A mutual friend pleaded with him to write her and try to help; she wanted to break the chain of her addiction to methadone.
    Her heart called his to make it whole. The poem Wayne wrote for Karen peeked into the future, where spirituality would merge the gap between peace and pain for him to find comfort in a situation he could not understand. Two Broken Hearts touched where only true love goes. Neither Wayne nor Karen knew her heart would leave a crack in his that would ultimately enlighten him about a phase of existence that he had never experienced.
    A Prisoner and a Poem for a Princess is creative nonfiction that twists romance and spirituality into something so special and unique that only hearts and souls understand.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWayne T. Dowdy
    Release dateMay 21, 2014
    ISBN9781311841926
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      A Prisoner & a Poem for a Princess - Wayne T. Dowdy

      A PRISONER &

      A POEM FOR A PRINCESS

      By Wayne T. Dowdy

      Published at Smashwords by

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      A PRISONER & A POEM FOR A PRINCESS

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      Copyright © 2014 by Wayne T. Dowdy

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      PART I

      A PRISONER AND A POEM FOR A PRINCESS

      I was sitting in a prison cell in Lompoc, California, when John asked for help. A friend of his had died and left behind a wife struggling with the loss of her husband. Her name was Karen. She wrote John letters that he let me read, and when I did, I felt her pain in each written word. It was apparent that she was distraught and depressed. I thought that she may commit suicide, and so I told him how to respond to her pleas for help. Though I am no therapist, I am someone who devotes a lot of time toward helping others seek serenity through the spiritual principles of twelve-step programs.

      You want to write her, Wayne? he

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