Poemless Nights E-Book

David Kamali

• Herausgeber: Books on Demand
• Kategorie: Poesie und Drama
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 37

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2021

Beschreibung

Poemless Nights is the melancholic and gloomy story of Dave and Soul, two ex-lovers who meet each other again after some years apart. Dave, who is now a successful businessman and an upcoming author, wants to experience a new journey with Soul, maybe a fresh start. What Dave doesn't know is that Soul is about to enter his life and bring him to his knees, but not as the woman he used to know. And neither of them knows that they are going to change the other forever.

Leseprobe

Dedicated to all who learned to love by loving.

Foreword

THE day after I published my first poetry collection, the leader of the church I was intending contacted me and told me that publishing my book was a mistake. He said that the book would affect people negatively and that "a Christian person doesn’t write a book like this". I did not know what to say. I was shocked. I had prepared myself for critics but never thought my closest friends could be the first to criticise. My belief in God is an essential part of my life. I risked my life in Iran by following Jesus and becoming a Christian when I was 15. I was criticised then, and I was criticised now. After that conversation, I questioned myself and the choices I had made. I wanted to contact the publisher and ask them to cancel the contract, but there was this deep gentle voice inside my heart that reassured me that I had made the right choice. Amonth later, I was contacted by a woman from the United States. She explained that she came across the book and wanted to read only a few pages and ended up reading the whole collection. She mentioned that while reading the book, she cried because she found herself in the story. She thanked me and said that she found a stronger hope and a steadier faith after reading my book, and she encouraged me to continue. I was so humbled by her words. I could not sleep that night. I had to let the world know the untold part of the story of Dave and Soul, so I started to write. That was the start of Poemless Nights.

I met the leader of the church after that and wanted to clear things out.

"Do you want me here?" I asked him.

"You’re not part of the church anymore. I don’t want you to be here. End of discussion!" He said.

I put my hand on his shoulder, looked into his eyes, thanked him and walked away. I was excluded from the church, like an outcast. I knew I wasn’t perfect, but I was working really hard to be better. I didn’t know why this happened. I wanted to give up on everything; I was so tired. Then God reminded me of the story of the man with leprosy. Leprosy sufferers had to leave their homes, families, community, and everything else. They were excluded from the community, too. They were forbidden to have any contact with people who did not have leprosy since they were unclean. The man with leprosy in the Bible (Matthew 8) was poorly treated by the religious leaders and others, but in the midst of his depression and brokenness, Jesus came and "touched" him and made him "clean". I knew what I had to do. I trusted God and I kept moving forward, and that’s why I chose to publish this poetry collection. I wanted to let others know that sometimes we may not know why some things happen, but it makes life more interesting. The important thing is to keep moving forward. Imagine that you wake up and know all the answers to all of your questions, then wouldn’t life be boring the day after?

David Kamali

The Author

Contents

Foreword

Cast Away

The Old Road

First Date, Again

Ride It Safely

Home

Dancing Days

Unforgettable Smile

Words of Your Heart

A Leap of Faith

Harbour

Her Melanin, Her Skin

Exotic

Falling Apart

Dangerous

Imperfections

Notebook

A Path

The Road

No Doubts

No Love

Ocean

Gentleman

Pure

Misspelled

Well Dressed

How Love Works

The Same Ring

Different

Bar

Dance Floor

The Night Was Young

Time Froze

Cell

Police Station

Time

Amir

The Urge

Rich Heart

Offspring

Poemless Nights

Bitter

Who Am I

Dear God

Calvary

Far Away

Ivory Coast

Long Flight

A Text

Just Drive

Keep Calm

Her Choice

Last I Heard

Afterword

1| Cast Away

years past.

I felt closely cast

away

when I left, and I give a thousand years

for a day

with her.

2| The Old Road

one day I was driving