In this shared, dystopian nightmare. We aren’t alone, but it has been lonely.
I hope as the sun sets on this year that wasn’t, you are all safe, well, and ready for something better.
I know I am. And to celebrate the end of 2020, I have some fresh vent-sesh poetry.
NO ONE~
No one knows.
Unwound, unrobed.
Who you are when the doors close,
When the sun has shone.
No one knows.
And when your eyes close,
the curtain call is like a dark rose.
What reaps, what sows?
No one knows.
Velvet soft and thorn prone.
But in silence the dew flows, salty throes.
All’s exposed.
And no one knows.
It’s been another long time since I’ve visited and as always I regret it. But sometimes, there’s just not much to say. And yet, so, so, much.
But for me, this blog has always been about a journey foreword. And a journey it still is. But on any adventure, we get sidetracked, bogged down, or lost…
Or sometimes we are simply floating on a stagnant sea without a paddle.
The price of self preservation.
Now, I feel my ship ready to sail again, I have a weather eye on the horizon and some brand new, book related news!
I have a fresh book in developmental editing. I wrote it in a four-week fever dream and can’t wait to share.
In my next post I will reveal the title and cover art for my new work. A 64k word YA Utopian Horror, yes. It’s exactly that.
And it won’t be months from now, someone, please. Hold me to it!
Cheers, Amy
Amy-Westphal.com 
Oh how I can relate to your poetry!! I too have self-preserved as you call it … And too seeking freedom from silence. I miss you, Amy. So excited to seen your post❤️❤️
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Hey Candace! Thank you 😊 I hope you’re well. As can be of course. I hope to not be such a stranger. I tend toward good old introversion when times get tough. I’m ready to venture again.
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Me too!! Let’s do it🤓
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Yes!!
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❤️
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I’m holding you to it, Amy. You have been missed 🙂
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Thanks, Stephen. Hope you and the fam are well 😊
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Congratulations on the book. Looking forward to hearing more about it.
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Thanks Cathy!
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I’m glad to see ya Mrs Westphal!
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Thanks John. Hope you’re as well as can be.
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Yes ma’am. Not bad! Almost left the blog world… but decided to stay. Maybe someone here needs me!
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I shall strive to your level of dedication. Way to keep it going.
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You say it well Amy.
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Thank you. Just keep moving forward right? Best we can do.
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Absolutely Amy, the best indeed.
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Liked the poem, btw. With no-one to distract us we ought to be getting to know ourselves a little better this year.
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It couldn’t hurt. Thank you😆
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