Nicolenya Caltman
Author, Illustrator | Greenfield Ca. 93927 |
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I am a new indie author, who just completed my first manuscript consisting of love poems and poems about my battle with Lyme Disease. I lost so much of myself during this battle because it got into my brain and nervous system. It affected primarily the left side of my brain, frontal lobe, and motor functions. While I lost so much of the function.... more
I am a new indie author, who just completed my first manuscript consisting of love poems and poems about my battle with Lyme Disease. I lost so much of myself during this battle because it got into my brain and nervous system. It affected primarily the left side of my brain, frontal lobe, and motor functions. While I lost so much of the functioning and reasoning from the left side, the right side of my brain took over completely. I found myself writing and doing art almost to the point of madness LOL, for my boyfriend. Poor soul. However, other people seemed to be intrigued by my style and two years later, a book was born.
It is truly amazing these poems arrived out of myself. Through a very jumbled and damaged brain, sick in bed for months at a time, barely able to walk and talk, and sometimes barely able to see. Even now, as I type this…it brings tears to my eyes. It was hell on earth…feeling like you are confined to a fish bowl with no water, looking out. Aware of what’s going on with your body, and the feeling of powerlessness that you can do nothing about it except lay in defeat.
Because of this beautiful man, I found another part of myself I had no clue existed. It is probably what saved me, and it kept me fighting.
I wanted to encourage others through my poetry, that true love, actually…exists; even at a ripe age. LOL. No matter what life has thrown them...continue to believe, that…that one perfect person is there in the universe for you, and that health and healing can rise up…even out of hell fire.
The story of our love is amazing, because we seem to be able to love and accept each other even with our faults, and that while we are imperfect humans, we become perfect in love...unconditional love, as it should be.
My hope is it will touch your soul, and to share with the world, beautiful people still exist; even among the ugliness.
10% of sales from it and anything else I manage to write, will go to Lyme related venue…such as GOFUNDME to people suffering and the like.
Sincerely in Love,
Nicolenya Caltman
