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Growing up doesn't mean questions disappear, they just change.
Beyond is a continuation of becoming, written from the other side of growing up.
Where Within explored finding a voice, Beyond lives in the quiet after it. These poems reflect the trials and tribulations of adulthood: grief and loss, disillusionment and hope, learning how the world truly works, and choosing to keep dreaming anyway.
This collection is shaped by lived experience: navigating an unfair society, facing death and change, redefining love and belonging, and holding onto softness in a world that often demands hardness.
The questions are no longer about who you might become, but how to live as who you already are.
Beyond is an ongoing invitation for readers who are still becoming, but with clearer eyes, removing the rose colored glasses, steadier feet, and a deeper understanding of themselves.
For anyone learning how to exist in the real world without losing their sense of wonder, this space is for you.
If Within helped you feel seen, Beyond is here to sit with you as you grow.