Publisher's Synopsis
This poetry collection addresses racism, oppression, love, hate, culture, politics, spirituality, humanity, education and growth. It brings together common themes of community and family values. You'll read about living in and being influenced by a broken society, and emotionally raw and personal experiences that heart-wrenchingly capture the loss of a parent and the ugliness of domestic violence.There are poems about the political struggles seen across the globe. Slavery and human rights issues, political crime, how it feels to be exiled and left a stranger in one's own homeland. Woven between these struggles and plight are the precious things we often take for granted. The earth, the dirt, water - the power and beauty of nature. In times of dire need we as mere humans look up to the heavens, the stars, the unknown, and see a future worth fighting for. We anticipate a future where nations do not fight but instead are a united entity.These words are powerful, all-consuming, and weaved into poetic confessions, they hold no bounds. They ease the weight from your shoulders, breathe a sense of freedom into your bones, whilst shouts of liberation boom from your oppressed lungs.This ink is blessed with honesty and integrity, written verse that demands attention and respect, not just because of its lyrical and melodious disposition or rhyme, rhythm and repetition, but because of its message and literary vision. A vision loud enough and urgent enough to reach a global audience. A global audience with a standing ovation, shouting for an encore.- L. J. Diaz author of Catching Snowflakes
