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    That Child Within
    That Child Within
    That Child Within
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    That Child Within

    By Brian Cecil

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    This book of my rhymes and poems is for the child in all of us. Both young and old we need to keep that spark of wonder in our lives that is a child. I touch upon those moments so pivotal in a boy or girls life that they shape and mold us. Tell me, who of us still remember that first chocolate chip cookie our moms made just for us? Or flying a kite on a breezy Spring day? It is these experiences I still remember well and wish to tell to the young as well as the young at heart. I hope you enjoy them as much as I have in remembering them. My outlook on life, which I've told to so many of my friends, is that there will be good times and bad times. The bad ones you should realize only magnify the good ones and make them so much more. Enjoy my gift to you all.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrian Cecil
    Release dateJul 22, 2015
    ISBN9781310050893
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      That Child Within - Brian Cecil

      Copyright 2014 by Brian Cecil

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      Smashwords Edition

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      Dedications

      And

      Special Thanks

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      I’d like to take this opportunity to dedicate this work to all of my family members who have encouraged me in my writings.

      I’d also like to give out a special thanks to all those at ‘The Den Of Amateur Writing’ whose friendship and critiques were most helpful.

      Thank you,

      Routh: From Canada. Founder and developer of the writing web site.

      Astarte: Greece

      Mzhyper: Canada

      MissDartit: Norway

      Flickeringfairy: USA

      Madhatter: USA

      Lady Jane: USA

      Jitterbug: Australia

      Nexeus: USA

      Rob Kosy: England

      Don Roble: USA

      Common: Australia

      And many, many more.

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      Biography Page

      ***

      Author: Brian Cecil (aka Pirate60)

      Brian was born to Richard and Ellen Cecil in July of 1960. Fifth of seven kids, he grew up in the midwestern state of Missouri USA, in a small city called Florissant just northwest of St. Louis.

      At the very young age of 24 months, a malformed blood vessel in his brain ruptured nearly ending his life prematurely. As a result he was left with a partial left side paralysis; primarily the left arm and leg.

      Branded a cripple by his adolescent peers, he grew up knowing the darker side of mans cruelty. This, however, he considers a blessing in disguise, having given him a unique view on those little things in life others miss or consider insignificant. To him, what appears as just a rainbow after a shower, bloom’s before his eyes as a grand painting on a galactic scale; God’s canvas if you prefer. Life is, after all, as one preserves it to be.

      He endured a number of operations at ‘Shriner’s Hospital For Crippled Children’, in an attempt to gain some useful movement of his arm and leg. The results were somewhat successful considering the times.

      He developed a love for the sciences as well as the arts yet did not pursue his writing until around the age of 45, when he played around with an idea for a series of children’s short stories.

      It wasn’t till he joined an Internet web site called ‘The Den Of Amateur Writers’, that his gift of poems and rhymes developed into what is this, his first publication. Combining his style with that of another aspiring Poet, they put together the poetry E Book called ‘Poems And Rhymes Of Our Times. Other works are pending publication.

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      Comments, feedback and idea suggestions are encouraged.

      briancecil60@gmail.com

      or

      briancecil60@Yahoo.com

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      Pirate60’s

      Poems And Rhymes

      Eighteen Lines

      Of

      The Common Cold

      A stomachache, runny nose and a pounding head

      A sneeze and a wheeze, I wished I were dead

      My forehead felt so red and so hot

      They say it's a bug, that's what I have got

      To bed I did go with covers pulled up

      Mom’s hot chicken soup, filling up my cup

      Sleep I did seek, for a little relief

      To end my discomfort, to end my grief

      It was not to be, that night of peace

      Of mom’s soothing liquid, my stomach did release

      Up it came, like a Satanic scene

      To paint the walls, a sickly puke green

      Once emptied out, I did so appeal

      A bargain with God, I wanted a deal

      The night it did pass, the sun came up bright

      I won the battle, I won my fight

      Off came the covers, I leapt like a fool

      Mom smiled at me, then sent me to school

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      A Child Out Of Time

      (From the Jack and the Giant P. I. series: The 3 Fate’s)

      It was the night before Christmas, we all know the line.

      But in one girls home, not all was fine.

      Her name was Annette, an Immortal you see.

      Her job as her sisters to weave what would be.

      It was emotions that she should not have had,

      Yet in the back of her mind she really was glad.

      Centuries past centuries, she weaved lovers a dream.

      Of this too she want, so she started to scheme.

      It was Arthur, she’d been watching, a mortal and man.

      She wanted his love, so she made up a plan.

      To visit him while he slept in rest,

      To hold him, kiss him, that was her quest.

      What happened next, even the Fate’s did not know,

      For true love took them, and set them aglow.

      Passionate fires, did rage in their loin.

      Two shall be one, these lovers did join.

      An error of romance, this some would say.

      A mistake of the Fate’s on this fine Winters day.

      They did what they did, as lovers often will.

      All was quiet on that night, all was very still.

      Their baby was born without a life span.

      She was never intended, as part of the plan.

      So a curse was then placed, to mend the tear.

      And save all of time, Universe’s despair.

      Three hundred and seventeen years, time took to heal.

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