Denial is the first stage of grief and focuses on the loss of a loved one, and a persons desire to ignore the truth, to avoid the pain. The poet is lost, confused, hurt, but distracting oneself from reality. The poems reflect on our need to protect ourselves. The poet specifically is avoiding the fact that she is broken, that she needs to begin the healing process.
She then transitions into anger. Anger at herself, her doubts, her family, the world around her. The rage is palpable. A lot of the anger is toward the world and how it perceives the poet or pushes her into a small box. How family and tradition can often be overwhelming, constricting an individual who longs to be free of assumptions or carefully constructed roles. Bargaining begins with desperation, a need to be loved, specifically by herself. She is bargaining with herself to let go of the hold that her own mind has on her. She must confront her insecurities and the darkness within herself. However, bargaining can only go so far, the poet must be willing to move forward and realize that everyone must lose small pieces of themselves as they relearn to love themselves and release all the hurt, anger, and self hatred. Depression is the next, and darkest, phase. This section is a deep dive into sadness, self doubt, pain, loss, and the inability to escape your own inner demons. However, once on the edge of the precipice you can either fall or you can take that step back and accept yourself as you are. While this section may be the hardest to read, it also highlights hope. The final stage of grief is Acceptance, and has the poet accepting herself and embracing her loss and who she has become (poison and all). The poet is now able to see the beauty within herself. This poetry collection explores themes of identity, religion, tradition, history, love, ambition, self doubt, and the self being our biggest enemy. A. Rinum is a memorable poet and I highly recommend checking out this wonderful work of poetry. My three favourite poems in the book: 1. "Threads of storms" 2. "You are the milky way" 3. "Because my love you are everything" I was given a copy of this ebook, by the author, in exchange for an honest review.
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