My Three Sided Story

Book excerpt: My Three-Sided Story tells of the potency of new love, the destruction of heartbreak, and the recovery and renewal afterwards. These poems explore what it feels like to surrender to love—the excitement, the vulnerability, the longing—and how a hometown can transform into a backdrop for a relationship. They lure you into the colourful spark of young relationships, ripe with lust and exploration, and capture the turmoil and sometimes trepidation of sinking into an existence with that other person. More than anything, My Three-Sided Story offers poems about those days, weeks, and months when a relationship splinters and pulls apart, and the pain and confusion that comes from losing someone you care about. It tells of the slow process of being put back together, letting go, and loving yourself instead. These poems are at once raw, dark, hopeful, and bright—a read for anyone in the throes of heartbreak and renewal.