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    A Journey into the Abyss of the Mind
    A Journey into the Abyss of the Mind
    A Journey into the Abyss of the Mind
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    A Journey into the Abyss of the Mind

    By Ainsley Carter

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    The title of my book, A Journey into the Abyss of the Mind, looks at some of lifes scenarios and what we as individuals are faced with on a day-to-day basis. Throughout this book, I am hoping that the reader(s) will be able to identify with some of the struggles and understand that they are not alone and they too can shake themselves from any negativity they are faced with. Remember after the rain always come the sun and the rainbow.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse UK
    Release dateJul 24, 2012
    ISBN9781477213964
    A Journey into the Abyss of the Mind
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    Ainsley Carter

    I was born on February 6 on the beautiful Island of Barbados, where I grew up in the parish of St. George. I attained my academic education at the Workman’s primary school. Then after, the common entrance examination I proceeded onto the Lodge School. Growing up in Barbados was great for me, and after leaving school, I chose my career path in mental health nursing, which had been a great stepping-stone for me. Like everything else in this world encompassed many struggles and challenges, some of which left me with a bitter taste in my mouth, but nonetheless, here I am today. Obstacles are always put in front of us to test our limits. I remember every year when it came to having an appraisal the ward managers would always give me great comments. As a matter of fact, almost 100 percent in everything from attire, personality, to carrying out my work; but in the end, they would always put that damper on: “Not yet ready for training”; therefore, I was kept back from progressing further and would sit back and watch others come way after me and would get to do their training. However, after working in the drug rehabilitation unit, my then ward manager (group therapist) saw my potential and backed me to go on my training (six years after starting work). I was also able to attend drug seminars abroad, which helped me in my field of work. After completing my RMN studies, I left Barbados behind along with a few more friends to further my career in the United Kingdom in September 2000. It was here I found my passion and love for poetry and writing short stories. Many days I would write and jot things down whenever I feel lonely, sad, or missing family and friends; and these words that I had etched on paper became my story as they had detailed my life in some way or another. Over the years, I met a lot of friends here, and some I allowed to peek at some of my work and most would tell me how beautiful my writing was and encourage me to publish a book, which I eventually did in September 2010, my first masterpiece called Poetry a Way of Life. Working in this field of psychiatry, which deals with the mind, enabled me to understand people and life much better and to actually come face-to-face with struggles and reasons why people do the things that they do in life; hence came the idea for my second book A Journey into the Abyss of the Mind. It comprises of poems and a few short erotic stories to help ease the tension of any reader. My website is www.ainsleymcarter.co.uk. My LinkedIn: http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/ainsley-carter/50/b26/840. My Blog: http://ainsleycarter-mrxqwsit.blogspot.co.uk/.

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      A Journey into the Abyss of the Mind - Ainsley Carter

      © 2012 by Ainsley Carter. All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      Published by AuthorHouse 10/05/2015

      ISBN: 978-1-4772-1395-7 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4772-1396-4 (e)

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      CONTENTS

      1. Acknowledgements

      2. Preface

      3. Introduction (How and why I started and my struggles)

      4. It’s all about me

      5. Missing you

      6. My Inspiration (love)

      7. Celebration of Love

      8. Thinking about our Friendship

      9. Knowing Love

      10. Being Alone / Losing the Battle of Love

      11. The Love Letter (mildly erotic)

      12. Bedazzled by Sweet Seduction (mildly erotic)

      13. My Solemn swear (I Love You)

      14. Reigniting the flame of Love

      15. Protection of Love

      16. Who Am I?

      17. Rejected

      18. Reality Check

      19. Dejected and Depressed

      20. Rumours, Slander, False Propaganda

      21. Sad Christmas, Happy Christmas

      22. Why? So many questions and little answers

      23. Social networking—Facebooking

      24. Heart Broken, Cheated on

      25. Bad Mornings and Alarm Clocks

      26. Finding Me—Kim N Nurse

      27. Just want to be a friend (no need to act ill)

      28. Always remain Positive (short poem)

      29. Playing with words

      30. Our daily Missions—Giving Thanks

      31. The Prayer

      32. For What is?

      33. My Dream

      34. Let’s be united

      35. Forgive us for the Mess

      36. Freedom—How can we break these shackles

      37. Violence can never be justified

      38. What my country means to me? (Beautiful Barbados)

      39. What is Life?

      40. I am always with you—cry no more

      41. The Black Widow

      42. Glamorous until Death

      43. Tribute to my Buddy—Ahmed Applewhaite

      44. Tribute to my Dad—Edmund Bradshaw

      45. It was a very sad day …

      46. What colours represent to me?

      47. Rise of the Berries

      48. Trip to the Doc

      49. The Eclipse

      50. Night Crawler

      51. United against Drugs

      52. Strength despite Tribulations

      53. Get Up and Stand up

      54. The Journey—Robert Gibson

      55. The Lucky Peeping Tom (erotic)

      56. Reaching that Climax

      57. Hot! Hot! Passion (erotic)

      58. Hot! Hot! Passion (part 2) (erotic)

      59. I know who I am

      60. Success

      61. Be Careful how you do it

      62. The Test

      63. Cleanliness is Godliness

      64. Sensual playing

      65. Baking

      66. Growing up

      67. Revenge

      68. Getting into HER

      69. My Sunshine

      70. Love Honour and Respect

      71. Collection of Short stories

      a. It Was a Cold Night at Work

      b. The Fantasy Vacation

      c. The Handy man

      d. The Temp

      e. Escape from Bronze Garden

      BIOGRAPHY

      I was born on February 6th on the Beautiful Island of Barbados, where I grew up in the parish of St George. I attained my academic education at the Workman’s Primary school, then after the common entrance examination I proceeded onto The Lodge School.

      Growing up in Barbados was great for me and after leaving school I chose my career path in Mental Health Nursing, which had been a great stepping stone for me. Like everything else in this world encompassed many struggles and challenges some of which left me with a bitter taste in my mouth, but none the less here I am today. Obstacles are always put in front of us to test our limits.

      I remember every year when it came to having an appraisal the Ward Managers would always give me great comments, as a matter of fact almost 100% in everything from attire, personality to carrying out my work, but in the end they would always put that damper on, Not yet ready for training, therefore I was kept back from progressing further and would sit back and watch others come way after me and would get to do their training.

      However after working in the Drug Rehabilitation Unit, my then Ward manager (Group Therapist), saw my potential and backed me to go on my training (6 yrs after starting work). I was also able to attend drug seminars abroad which helped me in my field of work.

      After completing my RMN studies I left Barbados behind along with a few more friends to further my career in the United Kingdom in September 2000. It was here I found my passion and love for Poetry and writing short stories.

      Many days I would write and jot things down whenever I felt lonely, sad or missing family and friends and these words that I had etched on paper became my story as they had detailed my life in some way or another. Over the years I met a lot of friends here and some I allowed to peek at some of my work and most would tell me how beautiful my writing was and encourage me to publish a book, which I eventually did in September 2010, my first masterpiece called, ‘Poetry a way of Life’.

      Working in this field of psychiatry which deals with the mind enabled me to understand people and life much better and to actually come face to face with struggles and reasons why people do the things that they do in life, hence came the idea for my second book, ‘A Journey into the Abyss of the Mind’. It comprises of Poems and a few short Erotic Stories to help ease the tension of any reader.

      My Website is www.ainsleymcarter.co.uk

      My LinkedIn: http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/

      ainsley-carter/50/b26/840

      My Blog: http://ainsleycarter-mrxqwsit.

      blogspot.co.uk/

      ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

      My first book called ‘Poetry a way of Life’, has been the foundation and drive for me in completion of my second book.

      My strength which pushed me onward came from God, Edmund Bradshaw (dad) R.I.P, Francine Carter (mum), Shurla Carter (sister), Jeron Carter (son), Sharon Bailey, poetic friends Carolyn ‘Empresspoetry’ Layne (Author of Impressions of a Poet), Robert Gibson, Kathy Elliot (motivation speaker and author of many books), upcoming Artist Shanika Thompson, Amanda Jones aka (Divinity Lace), Raylene Harris, Tammi Browne-Bannister, Cheryl Corbin, Kim N Nurse, Sean Rayside aka (Certified Snipa), Brantley Hunte, Hayden Shepherd, Christopher Carter, Gregory Hinds, David Griffith, Marsha Gill, Sandra Applewhaite, Adriana Alana Marion Walkes aka (Alana Slimz) and Franklyn Parris CEO and founder of www.Bajansunonline.com. Franklyn would always try to push me to continue my writing and has been allowing me to have space on his site to showcase and promote my work. I would also like to thank all my friends on facebook who would constantly push me and give great positive feedback and criticism about my work, without your input it would mean nothing.

      Everyone has allowed me through positive and negatives to follow my dreams and make them into a reality today and I will continue to give to each and everyone more than what they expect of me and I will do this honestly and cheerfully.

      My favourite quote: Never laugh at anyone’s dream: People who don’t have dreams don’t have much.

      PREFACE

      The title of my book, ‘A Journey into the Abyss of the Mind’, looks at some of life’s scenarios and what we as individuals are faced with on a

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