Emerge: Poems from My Soul

About the Book

Within each of us, there is a spark, a light in our souls that never dies. It is the gift that is divine, which God has given us. It takes the form of art, math, teaching, writing, poetry, counseling, and something magical. The darkness of the world and the illusions of technology have distracted us with their illusions and images of who we are not, instead of helping us find the light inside ourselves, which is the gift from God. I wanted to write a series of poems that encourage others to find the light in their souls and, in the process, be happy doing what they are supposed to be doing and being who they are meant to be instead of wasting their lives away, trying to please others and the images of who others want them to be. Within each of us, there is a spark of the divine—the soul, your light. We need you to find the light within yourself so you can shine with your light and make the world a less dark and a happier place. This is my soul, and these are my words. —Kassi Ydris, January 4, 2018, Costa Mesa, California, USA

About the Author

Mr. Kassi Ydris, is a former English Teacher who did Missionary work in South Korea for 7 years and Japan for 5 Years without a church. He did his work teaching mostly poor kids in Asia how to read and write so that they could get a scholarship to enter a good college or university. After coming back to America, he spent 7 years taking care of his mom who had Dementia and other health Problems. After his mother passed in August of 2016 he lost everything and is now living by himself. The series “Emerge: Poems from my Soul” he was writing it before his mom passed away. Originally, it was going to be one big giant book of poems—almost 400 but he decided to break it into three books. Emerge: Poems from my Soul Book One Emerge: My Incandescent Heart Book Two Emerge: The Sun, The Moon, The Stars Book Three This is the first book which is his vision of the world In which the lights of all the good souls of the world shine against the darkness to make it a better world for all of us. He is now 48 years old and working on Book Two. He dreams of One day becoming wealthy and using his wealth to cure the lepers in India and help the Orphans around the world and buying a house for himself so that he has more privacy doing his writing. He knows that money is not good or evil and it is the love of money that is the problem in the world and not money itself which can be used to help the needy and the poor and make the world a better place for all of us since you cannot take the money with you when you die.