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Dawn Piercy is a great mom, proud Native American from the Midwest US, and aspiring writer. She’s been writing and blogging for quite some time and is in the middle of writing her first Sci-Fi novel. Today, Dawn discusses her personal thoughts on writing and shared a poem with our readers.

January 27, 2013

Dawn Piercy

My name is Dawn Piercy, I also go by Anewgirl916 on my blog. There is reason behind this. I am a new girl and my birthday is 9/16. I have been writing Poetry and short stories for over 20 years and have also written a few screenplays. I am also working on my first book, one I would call my own science fiction autobiography.

My passion for writing is way more than just passion. It is and has been a survival tool for me for many years. Without it, I may not be here today. My Poetry has changed over the years, in all of it, lies a type of hidden truth. My life, my fears, my hopes, wishes, thoughts I would never nor could ever act out on. So within writing these poems and short stories, they become apart of me, yet at the same same time, apart from me. They help me survive in life, keep me sane and keep me going in this world.

Through despair, death, trauma, hope, and the will to survive, writing keeps me alive period. I in the past, have only written for my eyes to see. Now, I am ready to share, scare and dare others to read. Step into a world where that anyone who knows me dares not to tread, unless invited of course.

I am going to share a poem I had written to survive on a night that I was literally locked in a small dark room, with only the moon light shining down through a pane of thin glass, 10 floors up. My first husband locked me in every night. I managed to sneak a notebook and pencil in with me. Some of my Poetry and books I wrote he burned in front of me and or tore up and flushed before my eyes. I managed to write this one, I got away with it as well as with my life from him.

This poem is for ALL of the survivors out there.

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I am very mean

and lean,

my coat has quite

a glow;

A thousand

tricks to

show;

I am climbing up

a mountain,

watching all you know;

I have now formed back

to human

and

I am looking

into you;

I am getting

deeper,

deeper within you;

You are reading,

hearing,

seeing,

more fond words

of mine;

You think your

only reading,

yet I am standing

close nearby;

You feel them,

hear them,

see them;

This you can't

deny;

I am getting

even closer;

I am now standing,

right behind;

I can see you,

looking,

inching,

watching all nearby;

So when you close

your eyes,

keep my words,

in mind;

You will never know

when I am near,

nor,

when I'm standing by;

As for now,

I will let you go,

as for now,

I will let you slide;

There is no more

running races,

I am no longer changing

faces;

There are no more mountains

left to climb;

I am just sitting,

in this dark and shallow

room of mine.

Dawn Piercy is a poet, loves to write and currently working on her first serial novel, sci-fi with a twist. Also currently putting a book of poetry together that is dark and twisted, titled Morbitry.

Dawn is a single mom. Her son is by farthest her best creation and she loves being a mother more then anything in the world.

Love of theater, acting and fine arts. She posts poems here and there on her blog. She’s also proud of her Native American and Irish heritage.

Visit Dawns’ blog to read more. You can also follow her on Twitter.