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Shot while living in Ventura, CA on the Pacific Ocean for a Year

A malevolent cloud wrestled the sky, merged with it

Now a looming black denizen over the vast sea.

The cloud challenged the sea’s omnipotence

and asked of it,

“Who is greater, now? You or me?”

The sky knew the answer,

but still wanted to be told.

The sea was strangled, choked with silence.

The sky cast his shadow even wider over her, controlling her,

Mutating her waters, and turning her rolling waves thick, and dark, and dense as ink.

The sun, anchored far above, witnessed the sky’s malice.

She watched as he continued to enshroud the sea

with his prowess, blanketing her with his enormity.

The sun stood idly by no more, she edged, and elbowed her way,

into the sky, and consumed him, swallowing him whole, with her hopeful rays,

And the sea resurrected her spirit within her mighty tidal waves.

T.A. Gould

Author: Tonia Allen Gould

About Tonia Allen Gould Tonia Allen Gould is a writer, public speaker, entrepreneur, and investigative voice who tells the stories most people are afraid to touch. She is the author of the award-winning children’s book Samuel T. Moore of Corte Magore and the CEO of TAGSOURCE, LLC, a 31-year-old marketing agency specializing in branded merchandise and consumer promotions. Her career spans national recognition as a top thought leader in the promotional products industry and a columnist role at InformationWeek, where she explored digital risk, corporate overreach, and organized fraud. Today, Tonia’s most powerful work emerges at the intersection of truth and trauma. A survivor of stalking, financial fraud, and systemic erasure, she uses her voice—and platform—to expose the systems that silence women who speak out. Her work-in-progress, Invasive Species, is an intense, genre-bending narrative of survival, hypervigilance, and reclaiming personal power. Through storytelling, advocacy, and an unflinching gaze, Tonia invites readers into a world where justice isn’t guaranteed—but the pursuit of it is relentless. Learn more at ToniaAllenGould.com TAGSOURCE.COM View all posts by Tonia Allen Gould