Before The Storm

In this poetry book entitled Before The Storm. The author was in a state of some confusion. As the poems and journals reflect. This state of confusion was caused by the feelings which encompassed his heart leaving the author filled with deep thought and heart felt emotions.

The author was very young at the time and dealing with a lot hardships during these trying moments of his life. During these struggles and at this point in time the author had to experience many hardships and dark days. The author dealt with a lot of mortality during these trying years as he shaped his experiences into works of poems and journals of daily struggles in life that we are all faced with sometime in our existance. The writer was just entering the stages of adolescent's and early adult hood when these works were all conceived.

As the author continued through these stages, he wrote down this thoughts and journals as a way to release some of his fears, frustrations, inner tragical thoughts and heartfelt feelings.

The writer of his book believed this was a good way to reflect upon some of the sorrows he was feeling from life.

This book of poetry is relatable in so many forms and fashions. The fact is that we all have similar thoughts when travelling down the roads of life.

Some of this work in the book Before The Storm maybe familiar to the way you or your loved ones may feel at times of distress.

In order to get through the storms of life we must possess faith, hope and strength. Then use these qualities as a way to find solace during the storms of life.

- Derek A. Chandler