Writing For All The Wrong Reasons

This is my closure

The result of years spent writing instead of healing,

This is my soul finally having a resting place

My lungs being free of the words that kept me from breathing

And my heart once again pumping blood instead of ink.

This book is who I used to be.

Take these poems as they are and on their own terms, travel the roads the young woman who set them down has traveled, and you will be altered by being with them.

Liat Silver is a twenty-year-old Communications student. Though she has been writing since the age of ten, this is her first published work. Writing poetry helped her find her voice and overcome the challenges of her teenage years. When not writing, she enjoys reading, typing out her thoughts on her vintage typewriter, and spending time with friends and family.