Incomplete Thoughts of an Adolescent Mind

About the Book

This is a poetic journey through the darker side of the life and times of an adolescent growing up in the high desert area of California. Since the idea of actually dating each poem didn’t come to me until later in the journey, the poems are arranged in a rough chronological order, as my memory serves. Some stand out because of a simultaneous event, and are dated precisely, others only by month or even year.

Never the less, this book is meant to be read as a journal. I started writing when I was thirteen, but didn’t start making a real collection until I was around fifteen years old. I have had no real training as a writer, and you may find most of the earlier writing to be poor and immature. As time goes on, I feel that the writing becomes deeper and more abstract, and hopefully more interesting to the reader.

So, here it is: my lyrical journey from home to home; from friends to enemies; from lovers to love; from addiction to sobriety; from boy to man: The incomplete thoughts of and adolescent mind.

About the Author

 The author of the following poems is a young man who has not always had an easy path through life. His inner thoughts as he struggles with life events are reproduced here. He has passed many forks in the road and has not always chosen the path that would lead him directly toward enlightenment and success, but that journey has helped him to become to person he is today. Ian posses an inner strength and an indefinable “something” that resonates with people who take the time to try to know him.

As you will read, Ian’s journey is far from over. He has an attitude of learning from, and appreciating, the experiences of others during his self-development, as he explores the unique world of his personal thoughts. Journal writing can be a form of therapy, so that one can bleed on paper and so get through the reality of day-to-day life.

These poems should be read with that in mind. Some of them are a purge of negativity that many readers can relate to, and that can be therapy too. Read them, feel them, release the negativity, and embrace the joy.