Sojourn Journey
The Art and Poetry of Magdalene Mills
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My life summed up
Is a sojourn journey,
With many stops along the way.
Often times stranded
With no where to turn
Forced to wait in solitude
For that glimmer path of hope
To light the way.
Other times, people, places,
Where I longed to stay
Shut their doors and turned me away.
I’d look back in sad dismay
As tideland winds
Swept me away.
Always seeking, always reaching
For that image of life
That flowed through space,
Just out of my grasp
Like a memory of a taste,
That I could not place,
As my dreams trickled
Through my fingers
Like rain over pebbles in the sand.
My body dashed
Along life’s rocky way,
Never expecting more Karma to pay
Alone in my sojourn day.
As I think about my path today,
It has all been my soul at play,
In this bittersweet chocolate life parfait.
Gentle in that holy sway,
I embrace the next step into the gray
And stand before a garden place,
Dwelling in my own sweet face.
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About the Book
In this book Magdalene Mills reveals her path to creativity and spiritual development through images of her art and poetry. Using these mediums, she guides the reader through an intimate sojourn that results in her ultimate triumph over fear and adversity. On her creative path, she reconciles the pain, sorrow and desperation of lost loves, failed opportunities and the experience of growing-up in a poor, dysfunctional family. Ms. Mills provides us with a blueprint for forgiving, understanding, a strong belief in God and faith in the Universe. Each image and poem takes the reader to a new level of the self, leaving behind a positive experience where one emerges spiritually and emotionally clean. Her writings can serve as a tool for the spirit that we can all use, as we chart out own coarse and glimpse our own souls and its possibilities.
About the Author
Magdalene Mills received her M.A. in Visual Arts from California State University, Fullerton and a B.A. in both Art and Drama with a Creative Writing minor from Southwest Texas State University (now known as Texas State University, in San Marcos, Texas) She currently resides in the Los Angeles area and continues to pursue her career as an Actor, Screenwriter, Artist and Author.