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All She Needed Was A Little Place To Put Herself...

All She Needed Was A Little Place To Put Herself...
By Gloria Faye Brown Bates/aka Granny Gee

Gloria Faye Brown Bates/aka Granny Gee.... at age 3


Skin burning on her little arms, legs
She looks down to see blood smeared everywhere
The bones in her little body felt almost... broken

Pain made her moan as she lifted herself off the floor
Mama!  Mama!  Mama, please help me, she cried out
Her mama wasn't coming... no, not any time soon

Especially this very moment when someone abused her child
The little girl cried silently... she didn't scream, cry aloud
She left the room, curses followed her out the door

She opened the front door, stepped outside
The sunshine blinded her... she closed her eyes
Her face stung from her own salty tears

The cement porch felt cool to her skin
As she sat down on it, her feet hanging off onto the step
She hung her head... nobody loves me, she thought

No matter where she went in this world of hers
She seemed to be in someone's way
Where was her place... her place she could be at peace?

She knew where it was... no one ever noticed her there
Back into the house she went... she walked to the couch
The old, red vinyl couch that had a small space at the end

A small space in between it, and the old bookcase sitting there
The little girl slipped into it, sat on the floor
This was the only place she could sit, no one yell at her

This was the place she was safest at in her world
She reached for a book off the shelf, picked up her pencil
Sat there for the next hour, drawing on the white pages

The white pages at the front, back of the book
She dreamed of being a fashion designer
Just a child with big ideas... no one cared

This was her favorite spot at her Grandma Alma's
Where no one bothered her... where she wasn't in the way
All she needed was a little place to put herself

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My House Is In Order...

My House Is In Order...

By Gloria Faye Brown Bates/aka Granny Gee

I've taken care of everything needed to be done.  I can relax now, because my mind is clear.  It's time....

I have finally reached a point once again... where I am excited to write on my books.  I have two books I'm presently working on..... 'The Saga Of Victoria Fairchild'.... and 'Camie's Angel'.  I am beginning a 3rd book to work on in the meantime... a children's coloring book with my drawings.  

Camie's Angel is the book I want to finish, publish first.  It's a true story about the little puppy I rescued.  A special friend in another country took interest in her, cared about her... began the account at Camie's vet, with a large sum of money.  This special friend renamed her from Camo... to Camie.

I'm really ready to write!  I'm excited now!  Tomorrow, I will begin fresh... I have everything ready.  :)))

The Saga of Victoria Fairchild is the fiction story I'm writing.  Victoria Fairchild is my main character.  This is book two... book one was a 62 page introductory to Victoria Fairchild.  This is the scary book I could never find... I want this book to be 'very scary', tense.

At the moment... Victoria is in the power of the serial killer she hunted long, hard for.  How will she get away from him... does she want to get away from him... he's very handsome, always wears expensive cologne; he speaks well, not only that... he's very sophisticated.  

He uses up homeless people... discards them like a rumpled up piece of newspaper.  Victoria got away from him once... but, will she get away this time?  

Victoria has secret lives... she has a closet for each.  The second closet holds all her 'homeless possessions' to use when she goes to the homeless world.  Victoria loves homeless people, animals... woe be into the one who mistreats either... and let Victoria find it out.  

Victoria believes in an eye for an eye; tooth for a tooth.  She believes if someone mistreats a helpless, weak person or animal... they should suffer the same fate.  

She likes to help dish that medicine out with a soft smile, soft voice.  Victoria is a unique person, with talents unlike the average woman.  Just don't let her get mad at you... you will ... go to hell.  She gives you three chances... she's very nice all the while.

My coloring book is something I, also, look forward to doing.  It will have my drawings in it... my 'doodles' that I think adults, as well as children will enjoy.  You can 'see into' my doodles... see what I'm thinking about.  :)))  My coloring book will be... different.

So, now... I will get a good night's rest, be ready to begin on all tomorrow with excitement in my heart.  I can look around me, see all in place, clean, organized... that makes me happy.

There's no way I could have enjoyed doing this until...  my house was in order.