You-Want's Life

I thought about all the cities, gorgeous seaside towns and impeccably captivating beaches I had visited mainly over the summer of ‘22 when I was compiling this poetry collection. The utter in-the-moment indulgence when I was there; the hard bidding of goodbyes; the denial and reminiscence that never faded; the acceptance of this dream not being allowed to go on forever. These feelings had all been penned with thoughts. Every single poem was written with a longing to be back in the water, with the summer currents harassing my shieldless physical shell, as if it would flush away my sin with the sense of liberation it had provided. And that was where my idea of paradise is. Yet, Paradise, the poetry collection, is not about all beautiful things. This collection describes the relationship with myself through months of fancy travels, coming back to my roots and starting work as an adult. It is about the contradicting beauty of dream and reality- how every light and shadow complement one ano...