Take the hand dealt

New opportunities come and go

and I must move with the flow

Seeking a way to keep going

I look for what is showing

Luck be my friend

and lead me to a good end

The path set before me

I hope is one with just a little glory

I dream and write my words down

and that always chases away my frown

But to survive

I must try to thrive

There is so much left to do

I hope luck will find you too

What I’ve published

Walk On

click here for a link to the book

Outsider Trilogy

Click here for a link to the book

Poetry

Link to my author page on Amazon – hhttp://www.amazon.com/Steven-Oaks/e/B00MEGSEZ6

Link to the Deathship book in the CreateSpace store – https://www.createspace.com/5023771

Or you can help me out on Patreon. Again, thank you. https://www.patreon.com/StevenOaks

Update: 1,000 words written. It almost surpasses what I’ve written elsewhere in word count. Things are going very well indeed.

“You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.”
― Cormac McCarthy

– Steven Oaks

Follow me on the things below.

Night Sky

The infinity of space

The emptiness of that dark place

Filled with stars it is not

They are like a thin coating of dust

on the depths of the ocean

Yet there is life

there is hope

We can see the vast reality

We can dream of possibilities

And when we stare up at the night sky

We are free to fly

What I’ve published

Walk On

click here for a link to the book

Outsider Trilogy

Click here for a link to the book

Poetry

Link to my author page on Amazon – hhttp://www.amazon.com/Steven-Oaks/e/B00MEGSEZ6

Link to the Deathship book in the CreateSpace store – https://www.createspace.com/5023771

Or you can help me out on Patreon. Again, thank you. https://www.patreon.com/StevenOaks

Update: 1,000 words written. Actually a little more. I think this book knows where it’s going. So as the rower, I keep on rowing

“Which one of us, anywhere in the world, doesn’t yearn to be believed when the audience is watching?”
― Gene Wilder

– Steven Oaks

Follow me on the things below.

The Age of Reason

Reason is the age?

Perhaps information is the stage

but reason comes only to play

to those who view the way

not just the path ahead

but the path behind

to see where we have followed

alone each time

The feet trod in the past

are not the ones that last

but the record of man

which written by hidden hand

misguides us all into thinking

things that may not be true

so trust not a word

unless you’ve discovered it yourself

reason is only singular

and it is to you that must find it

What I’ve published

Outsider Trilogy

Click here for a link to the book

Poetry

Link to my author page on Amazon – hhttp://www.amazon.com/Steven-Oaks/e/B00MEGSEZ6

Link to the Deathship book in the CreateSpace store – https://www.createspace.com/5023771

Or you can help me out on Patreon. Again, thank you. https://www.patreon.com/StevenOaks

Update: 1,000 words of a new book written. Several pages edited for the yet unnamed novel.

“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens

– Steven Oaks

Follow me on the things below.

To You

When you don’t speak, I worry.

When I can’t see you, I worry.

I’ve always thought we were okay

but it seems you’ve gone away.

I tried to share all that is me

but you didn’t like what you’ve seen

My words easily misinterpreted

my silences more so

I’ve only wanted affection and to help

but my sense of humor and my quirks

have always driven friends away

I will miss you

I hope you at least will remember me fondly

as time makes our distant divide grow ever greater

What I’ve published

Outsider Trilogy

Click here for a link to the book

Poetry

Link to my author page on Amazon – hhttp://www.amazon.com/Steven-Oaks/e/B00MEGSEZ6

Link to the Deathship book in the CreateSpace store – https://www.createspace.com/5023771

Or you can help me out on Patreon. Again, thank you. https://www.patreon.com/StevenOaks

Update: 1,000 words of a new book written. Several pages edited for the yet unnamed novel.

“True regret is knowing you missed your only opportunity to be simply a good friend to someone that was exactly like you.”
― Shannon L. Alder

– Steven Oaks

Follow me on the things below.

I’m Still Here

When I am not next to you, you can be sure I’ll still be with you.

When I am gone, I surely won’t be if you remember me.

When you leave the room, I still think of you.

All I know of you is with me, so you are too.

Family and friends who never forget, and who I never will either, live on.

If I’ve touched your life, I’m there too.

Just recall who I am, and I’ll always be with you.

What I’ve published

Outsider Trilogy

Click here for a link to the book

Poetry

Link to my author page on Amazon – hhttp://www.amazon.com/Steven-Oaks/e/B00MEGSEZ6

Link to the Deathship book in the CreateSpace store – https://www.createspace.com/5023771

Or you can help me out on Patreon. Again, thank you. https://www.patreon.com/StevenOaks

Update: Still editing. I’m doing it in larger chunks now, and I’m in the middle of it as I write this. So my update is that things are moving forward.

Some days it’s tough to get motivated, but when I hear the music play I’m ready for the day.

– Steven Oaks

Follow me on the things below.

The Mind

Deep inside your mind

You reach out and probe

You can touch each part of your body

and gain control

The heart beat

The breath pumping

your blood flow

time pounding away

You can freeze yourself in the moment

The day will disappear

and all you will know

is what you hear

The sound of your thoughts

The images of your past

all merge together

to create a new path

What will be

what can be

reside in the illusion of thought

the musing of the day

the dreams of the night

All together forming you

the you that is not of the body

the you that is of the mind

You exist only here

all else is illusion

We can replace everything else

but your mind cannot be

So consume healthy ideas

foster no ill will

else it’ll fester

leaving yourself ill

What I’ve published

Outsider Trilogy

Click here for a link to the book

Poetry

Link to my author page on Amazon – hhttp://www.amazon.com/Steven-Oaks/e/B00MEGSEZ6

Link to the Deathship book in the CreateSpace store – https://www.createspace.com/5023771

Or you can help me out on Patreon. Again, thank you. https://www.patreon.com/StevenOaks

Update: Going through the book again, this time alone. Also worked on the ending a bit more. Not much to change, but I like reading it aloud.

“A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.”
― George R.R. Martin,

– Steven Oaks

Follow me on the things below.

Chained Heart

With one look she tears at the heart

with a single word she rips me apart

Kindness and beauty are her throne

and through the window of her eyes it’s shown

An ache deep inside

never wanting to be apart

and yet never able to give my heart

The world has crushed me

and life has weighed me down

I can’t open the tomb

the lock can’t be found

Try as I might to wrench it free

this is something that’ll never be

I yearn to set myself loose

to show my love

to show who I choose

but again my emotional turmoil has locked my heart

and I’m at a loss where to start

What I’ve published

Outsider Trilogy

Click here for a link to the book

Poetry

Link to my author page on Amazon – hhttp://www.amazon.com/Steven-Oaks/e/B00MEGSEZ6

Link to the Deathship book in the CreateSpace store – https://www.createspace.com/5023771

Or you can help me out on Patreon. Again, thank you. https://www.patreon.com/StevenOaks

Update: 1,046 words written for the newest novel.

“Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.”
― Kahlil Gibran

– Steven Oaks

Follow me on the things below.

The past carved in flesh

The days and months pass

years don’t even last

nothing is as it was

ever-changing, ever morphing

and we all grow

The mind never sits still

no matter how much we will

but the past still clings to us

like a stain that can’t be scrubbed cleaned

it makes us turn right instead of left

and mourn those who have left

and yet without a past who are we

just a body?

We etch the stories of our lives upon our bodies

they show the wear and care we take

and the carved miseries upon our flesh

yet the joy is there too

the smile lines as well as the frown

crease the skin

and publish the life we live in the end

a baby is an unwritten page

and the old are covered in tales of their life

There is more to one who has lived

than there is for one young

The speed of thought and body may not be there

but the history they carry is their worth

listen to those who still walk this earth.

What I’ve published

Poetry

The Outsider Series

Link to my author page on Amazon – hhttp://www.amazon.com/Steven-Oaks/e/B00MEGSEZ6

Link to the Deathship book in the CreateSpace store – https://www.createspace.com/5023771

Or you can help me out on Patreon. Again, thank you. https://www.patreon.com/StevenOaks

Update: 1,060 words written for the new book.

“Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old age.”
― Aristotle

– Steven Oaks

Follow me on the things below.

No one is ever gone

There is no tomorrow

only today

so set aside your petty griefs

and learn to walk away

many are lost

along the way

to pain and misery

and have forgotten the way

no one is gone

as long as one remembers

and with them in your thoughts

they will walk the path with you each day

Mourn the loss of new memories with them

but not that they have moved on

nothing is lost

nothing is gone

to hearts that carry

their memory ever on

What I’ve published

Poetry

The Outsider Series

Link to my author page on Amazon – hhttp://www.amazon.com/Steven-Oaks/e/B00MEGSEZ6

Link to the Deathship book in the CreateSpace store – https://www.createspace.com/5023771

Or you can help me out on Patreon. Again, thank you. https://www.patreon.com/StevenOaks

Update: 1,001 words written for the new book.

“But I’d long ago learned not to be picky in farewells. They weren’t guaranteed or promised.
You were lucky, more than blessed, if you got a good-bye at all.”
― Sarah Dessen

– Steven Oaks

Follow me on the things below.