Heath Jannusch and Cyrus Noronha
Between The Sheets is a clever collaboration of heart felt emotions, character, laughter, spiritual and inspirational guidance all rolled up and dictated into various poems for the reader’s pleasure. Between The Sheets has taken over ten years to bring to life. Each page depicts the real life experiences of what the poets have felt and how they have taken those thoughts and feelings and beautifully displayed them. In addition, blank pages have been added for your inspiration and thoughts. We encourage our readers to express what they are feeling, side-by-side with the author’s actual poems. Each picture has been selected by Heath Jannusch to bring art to life. We hope that you enjoy our work and wish you all the best in your artistic endeavors.
Heath Jannusch was born in Kankakee, Illinois in the winter of 1978. He has traveled all over the United States as well as Canada and Mexico. Heath relocated to New Mexico when he was just a boy and continued his education there. In 2000 he earned a BBA in Travel and Tourism from the University of New Mexico and in 2007 an MBA in Business Administration from New Mexico Highlands University. He has worked in the retail industry for the last seven years and has been thinking about writing a children’s book next.
Cyrus Noronha was born in 1967 in the villages of Goa, India, nestled on the west coast of the country. He made his way past India into the middle-east to began his schooling. He then took what knowledge and education he acquired and moved west to study in the schools of Europe, before finally settling in the United States of America. Cyrus has put together a variety of poems that he has created throughout the course of his life. He currently resides in Texas with his family, keeps a modest job, and works hard to make ends meet. Writing is a hobby for Cyrus, a way to show his creative side.
THE DREAM
One beautiful spring day while I sat near a stream,
I pondered my life, and began to dream.
I dreamt of my past, my present and my future,
How my life fit together like the colors of a picture.
First to my thoughts came my past and the many things I’d left undone,
I’d left a trail of heartache, through my life, a web I’d spun.
It was then I realized how many things I’d yet to say,
So many people yet untold, the love I felt for them today.
From these painful memories of my past, my thoughts did turn to present life.
And still today my love I don’t show, instead I cause pain, misery and strife.
From present to future in my dream I then go,
I see myself lonely and feeling so low.
As my thoughts continue to wander, my failure becomes evident,
And I realize my love for others was never made relevant.
With this on my mind I wake with a start,
The memory of the dream on my mind felt tart.
Then as I stood there trembling with fear,
It was the music from the stream I started to hear.
Then as I realized I was no longer asleep,
I was filled so with joy that I began to weep.
For it was only a dream and thus can be fixed,
Knowing this for the truth my emotions were mixed.
So with pen in hand, I made up a list,
Writing all of the names of those I would miss.
With at last this task done, towards home I did run.
To tell all my loved ones this dream I would mend,
To tell them the dream and the advice I could lend.
My life would not end as it did in my sleep,
For I had learned my lesson and this lesson I would keep.
