See the world through the mind's eye of the author. Within these covers you will travel through time and witness the emotions and experiences of a life lived to the extreme. As you read you will feel every moment of hope and despair, joy and hate, faith and love written from the heart and expressed through poetry, short story and commentary by the author. The words written within will leave you with a sense of enlightenment and clarity. Author biography: Life provided the content for this book. Every thought and word written is from personal experience with death of loved ones, marriage and divorce, birth of children, years spent in the military, and years working with people from all over the world, as well as personal victories and failures. Michael Wayne was born Dec. 1951 in Fort Worth Texas. He lost both his parents at 17, was married 24 years, has 2 children, spent 8 years in the military, and worked 26 years for the same international company. He now spends his time writing poetry, murder mysteries and short stories.