A haunting collection of over 40 poems. Author Ryan Jones delves into the core of thematic elements including love, death, loss, recovery, and self-reflection. This introspective narrative is both evocative and ambiguous, and commands the reader into a melancholy world of firsthand accounts. Described as "my heart in your hands," author Ryan Jones guides the reader through a sensitizing journey with macabre illustrations and various literary components. We see the essence of fragility in poems like "Opaque," the first poem ...
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A haunting collection of over 40 poems. Author Ryan Jones delves into the core of thematic elements including love, death, loss, recovery, and self-reflection. This introspective narrative is both evocative and ambiguous, and commands the reader into a melancholy world of firsthand accounts. Described as "my heart in your hands," author Ryan Jones guides the reader through a sensitizing journey with macabre illustrations and various literary components. We see the essence of fragility in poems like "Opaque," the first poem in the book which describes the aftermath of losing someone you love; but also recognize the empowering pastoral works like "Moonlight" where the author claims to "build you the sun with my bare hands." The isolating "This is life on mars" reminds us that solitude is valuable, but can be weaponized in excessive doses.
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