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We cannot become what we want by remaining what we are. But becoming means growing. The growing pains is about the challenges that growth entails. Growth is painful. Growth is never easy. Growth is not happening over night. These poems delve into the raw and unfiltered emotions that accompany transformation. From the ache of leaving behind the familiar to the struggle of stepping into the unknown. Growing pains is a journey of becoming and embracing the discomfort that comes with change. For those of you who are ready to grow, these poems are a reminder that pain is the precursor to something beautiful.

The Book Pain is always regarded as an enemy but it can sometimes be God's instrument for growth as the two stories in this book reveal. * * * Story One Emmanuel has reached the end of his rope. The point where faith in any and everything ends. It's his life but how well does he know it? "When I returned home that evening, I watched my mother closely for the aftermath of the afternoon's drama of seeing my insane father but she said nothing. In fact, it was as if nothing had happened. But then, I woke up at about midnight to a sound I had not heard in years. Thinking she was afforded a level of privacy in darkness, my mother was crying as if her heart was breaking!" Story Two Born and raised in a Nigerian brothel, Tonye would do anything to escape poverty. This is the story of a woman with a roller coaster life that never strayed far from the guiding hands of the ONE who knows the way. "The nine angry girls fell on me like a pack of wild animals. Kicking, scratching, clawing, and biting, they tore my clothes to shreds. I stumbled towards the door and miraculously found myself outside. Half naked, I ran like a thief along the streets of Lagos and they chased me. Fear gave my feet wings and I sprinted on. When I noticed a partially open gateway, I turned my flying feet toward it."

A collection of poems, about growing pains, generational discourse and trauma, mourning and finding yourself. From legacy, self-soubt, fighting with and for your family, to coming to terms with who you are and reconsiling the pain of childhood.

All artists meet the same fate eventually. Pain has many facets. It's a perplexing paradox, a confluence of anguish and despair. We encounter the fundamental essence of existence through pain. Every tear we shed as we go into the depths of the paintings of the soul tells us that this suffering is the canvas for courage that will grow. Pain is the art that our soul creates and all artists meet the same fate eventually. Achilles never expected to encounter pain trough a seemingly innocent book, a story so gripping and tragic that he sets out to find the person who drove him to question life itself.

Welcome to a mosaic of (inner) visions, fractals of (outer) perceptions! Waking up in a dream, you open your eyes and see pages from parallel realities, experience facets of different dimensions, of fantastic worlds, of horrendous scenes. Not a single story but a multitude of intraconnected, cosmically crystalline dreams. Miriam Laschenko's second poetry collection takes you on a fantastic adventure. You will meet dragons and angels, enter an amethyst cave and a magical dancefloor, mourn the loss of Yesterday and the victims of War and eventually celebrate your transformation by accepting all the growing pains that are naturally a part of it. 11 poems (English) + 2 bonus poems (German)

In a world where words are more than just fleeting whispers, tales we tell one another, or stories we observe in hope of having a fairytale-like life, this series of introspective and poignant stories explores the hidden emotions and inner struggles that many face but rarely express. Just Words is not merely about the words themselves but about the raw and unfiltered experiences. They represent experiences that bind us, haunt us, and sometimes set us free in various ways with a voice that is both haunting and reflective of our broken parts we may carry in our hearts. In our world, each of our stories and every word carries weight while resonating with echoes of our untold truths. Just words are never Just Words.

Livana Thompson is a normal 16 year old girl. Well, maybe she doesn't think of herself as normal. After experiencing something traumatic, she begins to question her identity. Her existence. And with no one to talk to, Livana begins to battle her inner sanity on her own. But how long will the fight last? Until when will she have the strength? But the biggest problem of them all: What will happen when someone finds out?

My soul is water. In which the mirror world is reflected. And in the waves my dimly shaped human self reaches closer to the surface, and our fingers touch, and withdraw. We are a changeling and a human. We will never meet.