What remains when the self unravels in silence? When love arrives too gently to hold, and leaves too quietly to mourn?
Reflection is a collection of poems that traces the quiet undoing of a soul - through trauma, intimacy, longing, loss and the fragile hope that flickers in its wake.
Structured in four parts: Dissolution of Self, Longing and Loss, Erasure, and an intimate Epilogue. This book captures the emotional landscape of someone who was almost healed, almost chosen, almost remembered.
These are poems for the ones who gave too much, felt too deeply, and stayed soft even when the world turned hard.
For those who held someone close, only to find themselves fading.
For those who love, without conditions, without being asked to.
Through metaphor, memory, and dreamlike symbolism, Reflection explores what it means to be seen, to be left behind, and to still offer love in return.
This is not a story of happy endings.
It's a story of truth, of emotional echoes, and the resilience of the human soul, even in its quietest, most broken moments.
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PART I - Dissolution of Self
Identity.
PART II - Longing and Loss
Hollow.
PART III - Erasure
Presence dissolves.
EPILOGUE - Mirror
Reflection.
This is how I found peace after being misunderstood. This is what happens when the noise goes away and I can hear my own voice again.
These poems came from times when I wasn't sure of myself, when I had to learn to let go, and when I had to learn to believe in myself. They are about taking my time to heal, being careful with love, and finding strength in the quiet places. It's not about being broken. It's about what you need to do to rebuild myself when the world keeps telling me that I don't deserve to be who I am,
Themes: healing, survival, false blame, emotional abuse, self-forgiveness, resilience, and rebirth.