Nancy Ann Creed

  Begging You to Read My Book This is a request from the bottom of my heart. I put a piece of their soul into this book, dreaming of the day it would find its readers. I'm asking you, begging you... please be one of my readers. If you've ever wanted to support an author's dream, if you've ever wanted to get in on the ground floor of a new series you can fall in love with, please give The Shadow Realm Chronicles: Maeve a chance. This is how dreams live or die. Please. Read it. Fall in love. More Works by Nancy Ann Creed https://books2read.com/u/m25Ygd

  Photo by Mariya on Pexels.com The Tie Is Severed I lost a friend today, A simple, heavy line That should descend like sorrow's shroud, A grief for what was mine. I waited for the cutting edge, The sting of sudden pain, But found instead a strange relief, No shadow of a chain. I should be sad, should mourn the end, The history we knew, Yet in my chest a lightness wakes, Defiant, strong, and new. The truth is stark, the choice is clear, I look upon the past: I am not sorry that it broke, I am simply glad at last. The severing was not a hush, But clash of will and word, A necessary, cleansing fire Where my own truth was heard. I stood firm in the tempest's heart, Refused to be denied, And drew a boundary, sharp and deep, With nothing left to hide. The lesson's hard, but vital known: Respect must be the core. A friend should cheer the victory, And lift you from the floor. Your champions, they must remain, To hold your spirit high, But when support becomes res...