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BLOOD MOUNTAIN is book 2 in my new Jodi Luna series. Book 1, HOLLOW BEASTS, comes out in April 2023. I am working on Blood Mountain now. I often read my work aloud as I write, to capture the voice and cadences. i was proud of this one. the character is a boy of 11 from Northern NM.

chapter 25, Blood Mountain, work in progress

Don’t give your freedom to a man who cannot see
You’re not the flower, you’re the whole damn tree
He never noticed your roots, now you know
It’s time to take your freedom and go

Don’t give your power to a man who makes you small
Each passing hour takes it’s toll and soon you’ll fall
He fought you because he’s weak and now you know
It’s time to take your power and go

Don’t give your voice to a man who does not hear
He’ll interrupt and put you down leave you in fear
He takes up all the notes in the songs you know
It’s time take your voice and go

Don’t give your heart to a man whose heart is dead
Your beating blood makes him infuriated
He’s broken, he’ll break you and now you know
It’s time to take your heart and go

Don’t give your soul to a man who loves no light
Talking about himself is how he spends his life
You’re nothing but audience and now you know
It’s time to take your soul and go

Don’t give your sex to a man who can’t commit
The temple where you live means nothing to him
He’ll enter anyone, never says no
It’s time to take your sex and go

Don’t give your help to a man always distressed
He’ll never give back in the end you’ll just have less
He uses and squanders all and now you know
It’s time to take your help and go

Don’t give your life for a man who’s never there
You run when he call but for you he doesn’t care
He’s busy falling apart now you know
It’s time to take your life and go

Alisa Valdes