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    Secret Keys
    Secret Keys
    Secret Keys
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    Secret Keys

    By Melody Starr

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    Secret Keys consists of my many works throughout the years. There are various subjects and contain many of my thoughts and feelings I was unsure of expressing any way else. It got me through difficult times and emphasized the good times. It brings back a lot of memories. I hope it enhances and inspires you as well.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris US
    Release dateJun 28, 2016
    ISBN9781524512200
    Secret Keys
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    Melody Starr

    I have been living in Chicago, Illinois, all my life. I have been writing poetry and short fiction stories since elementary school. I am hoping to write a novel in the future. I was eighteen when I started writing my poetry in journals. I took a journalism class in my senior year of high school. It was a good experience though not my genre of writing. I have published some poems with the International Library of Poetry twelve times. A few years ago, I have taken a through-the-mail course with Long Ridge Writers. I hope Secret Keys opens doors for all of us.

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      Book preview

      Secret Keys - Melody Starr

      © 2016 by Melody Starr.

      ISBN:       Softcover          978-1-5245-1221-7

                       eBook               978-1-5245-1220-0

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

      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.

      Rev. date: 06/21/2016

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      Contents

      The Perfect Place For You

      You Already Left

      It’s Just Pride

      Four Walls

      Vacation

      Common Sense

      Keep It

      Before The Sun Rises

      Backyard

      Frozen

      Heart For Sale

      Not The Same Person

      The Kingdom

      Dancing

      A Fool

      A Date With Misery

      The Angel Inside Of Us

      Baggage

      Two Different Men

      Capture

      Neck Of The Woods

      Ireland Greens

      Random Life

      In Tune

      Peculiar

      My Heart Will Not Die

      Me Beyond

      In Hate With You

      In Writing

      The Last Kiss

      Sending You

      Extension

      Rise Above

      Tire Tracks

      Spirit Of Immortality

      Mother’s Songs

      In Your Hands

      Splendor

      The Funeral

      Being Alright

      Recklessly In Love

      Creeping Around Your Heart

      Falling

      Anyone At All

      Late Nighter’s

      What She Is

      Songbird

      Halo

      Compulsive

      Subtle

      Bad Night’s Sleep

      A Toast

      Uncover

      Blind Folded

      Intense

      Involved

      Combat

      Living Ghost

      Declaration

      Back And Forth

      Lovesick

      Cash

      Wide Open

      From The Ground Up

      My Darkness

      Heard

      Back

      Love Drunk

      These Days

      Young

      A Rebuilding

      Blocked

      On The Loose

      Let Us Get Acquainted

      Emotional Waves

      My Detective Eyes

      Blurry Yesterday

      Like Nothing

      Sign Off

      Night Light

      Withheld

      The World And Me

      Shadow Up The Stairs

      Anchors Away

      Taste Of A Kiss

      High Heels

      The Cemetary

      Eyelids

      Betray

      His Next Step

      Eavesdropper

      So Much From Me

      Club House

      Satan’s Road

      Feeling Beautiful

      Introductions

      Eight Hours

      The Shortest Romance

      The World’s Room

      Bouquet Of Flowers

      The Perfect Place For You

      As I hold your hand

      Your final day alive

      I tried to control my tears

      And forced to see the other side.

      Where the sky reached the limit

      And you close your eyes in peace

      Where protection comes so easy

      With no need to worry.

      I felt relieved at the fact

      That your suffering was through

      I smiled because I knew

      Heaven would be the perfect for you.

      Nothing can touch you

      I can get a good sleep

      And I know you didn’t regret

      The day you were set free.

      When God whispered your name

      Everyone else never knew

      But, we shared a special secret

      Heaven was the perfect place for you.

      Some people who lost a loved one

      This is for all of you

      Who don’t know already

      There’s a perfect place for you too!

      You will make it shine

      And someday take me with you

      I’ll always be looking up

      At the perfect place for you.

      You Already Left

      As your walking towards the door

      I ask why you walk so slow

      because as far as i’m concerned

      you left me long ago.

      We already crossed that bridge

      I’ve been walking the path alone

      ever since you started to ignoreme

      i’m used to it by now.

      My hearts already broken

      You don’t even know how

      either way i’m alone

      so why are you just leaving now?

      I’ve already felt alone

      I’ve already felt the pain

      so, if you were to leave me now

      I would feel the same.

      Why would you stick around?

      It’s just like having you here

      You won’t give me affection

      or give me attention.

      And without those things

      i’m still in need

      You just walk away

      But, i’ll never be free.

      It’s Just Pride

      Your standing in front of me

      with shock in your eyes

      due to the fact that

      I’m not giving you another try.

      I keep a straight face

      I really have to try

      because if I fumble

      you’ll know it’s just my pride.

      Inside I feel so weak

      like I’m telling you a lie

      when my heart is sinking

      my pride tells you goodbye.

      It should feel right

      like I’m doing the right thing

      my pride makes me tell things

      that my heart doesn’t mean.

      That’s why I’m not happy

      even if for my own

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