Taken Over Blue Waters
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From a life of happiness… “I loved my home in central western Africa because it was so beautiful there…the country side was full of apple green weeds and vines and there were many exotic trees and flowers that shared their bounty throughout the luminous land.” “…I loved seeing the butter yellow ignited across the sky and something about morning was calm and peaceful. It was serene and tranquil. I would just sit and watch the sun rise on that cool silver stream…” To the Depths of pain… “His face was meaty and red, his pupils were glassy and dilated…His brown crumbling teeth were gritted together tightly and laughter burned through his bulging eyes.” “What would life be like with no one to hug me and no one to kiss me when I climbed into bed at night…no one that I could talk to and no one to cry to when I was struggling?” “My mouth was open and strings of blood dripped from my mouth and from the holes in my gums and I vomited…I looked at him with extreme desperation. The way a starving homeless boy looks at people when he begs for money…my peeling lips trembled as the salted blood filled the cracks within them.” “My eyes were the windows to my soul and shown with empty pools of darkness…sadness…emotional distress…pain…my skin dry and patchy…peeling from insufficient nourishment and nutritional deficiency.” To Rising once again… “For the first time in several years I felt free, not just free in the body, but free in the mind. No longer would I beg for the beatings to stop or beg for a scrap of foods from my master. But even more so, I would no longer look at myself with dread…For I was free in the mind and there is no freedom better than that.” “I would rather die for life than live through death” “I promised I would always love myself no matter what. When I really loved myself was when true freedom came…That’s the promise I made to myself when I was eight and I always kept that promise inside of me because real freedom is not something you can touch, real freedom is inside of you.”
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Imagine a time tainted with the likes of animosity and maliciousness. A time where the faces of the innocent lay marred in a day of neglect, dejection, and a pain so great that the intensity of which can never be fathomed. Imagine a voice, a heart, and a mind faced with the pangs of hell at every moment. Imagine this place and you have seen slavery. Kombee Swazu was a young teenager living in Western Africa, when her life was snapped apart instantly. She was taken, taken as a slave over blue waters and forced to endure a life of misery, pulsating with indignation and the vile and passionate hatred of man. Kombee was sold to an evil drunkard and faced with abuse, neglect, and inhumane treatment which, threatened her sanity and scarred her with self hatred, depression, and desolation. But in this night of surrender, she finds in herself, a powerful gift. In a time filled with wrath she recieves a gift and learns to use this powerful gift. This is not a story, it is a burning legacy that questions the deepest roots within our existance. It is a living prophecy that questions humanity and the faults within it. But this is not a story of sadness; it a story of the renewing hope offered when one stands for right and advances confidently. It is told in the candid honest words of one person, who rises up in a time of adversity and shows the world that anything is possible. Kombee's fortitude and compassion weaves a path that trancends time and offers harmony in a night of cruelty. Her legacy is the powerful hope and contiuous love that dwells in her heart and touches the souls of those who hear her story. It's power will move you continuously.
About the Author
Krista D. Dudley, the author of "Taken Over Blue Waters", is proud to present her first published novel. Krista is seventeen years old and has been writing books since the age of seven. Her first book called "My Brother and I", was published at the age of nine, and she has written several books since then. Her first novel "The Key To Life" was written at the age of thirteen, and her second novel, this novel, was written at the age of fourteen. Since then she has worked on other novels including "Stand Strong", "Rise On Up", "Passionate Dreamer", and "Under The Same Blue Skies". Krista enjoys writing about many subjects, her favorite of which is history and the consistant theme of "rags to riches". She has also written many spooky stories and children's books. In her free time she enjoys playing tennis, soccer, biking, writing, reading, and watching movies.