Rehash
- kianalinwriter
- Aug 11, 2021
- 2 min read
Second books are funny things. My feelings about Indelible seem to be sort of like those that are exaggerated and made into jokes on sitcoms about middle children. (Which, ouch, middle child here . . .) I love it, I made it, I'm proud of it, but–honestly–I'm more excited about the next couple of books.
I'm excellent at selling my work, can't you tell?
That all being said, I do want to take a moment and sort of give an appreciation post about Indelible, the work I put into it, and the poems that can be found within. Sharing on social media has been a bit limited in comparison to how much I was posting about Inkling, though I think part of that is due to the fact that Indelible is a shorter book. I kinda have felt that I've been making too much of it available. Even so, here's what I think you should know about it.
Like page numbers! (I'm only kind of kidding. Due to many complaints about my first book, the second got numbers.) Anyway! Similar to Inkling, Indelible is separated into three sections: Shallows, Sinking, and Deeply. Since this is a book more focused on love experiences, I think you can see where this might be going. Shallows is the shortest part of the book, comprised of the lighter, bubbly sort of feelings associated with new love. Not my forte, thus the brevity. Sinking tackles a whole other aspect of love–when times are tough. It's composed of darker pieces and even slightly longer poems. From there we flow on to Deeply, which focuses on love that comes out on the other side of hardship. There really isn't a lot of feel-good poems in the book, but I still get a sense of satisfaction when I come to the end of it.
I think I have weird feelings about love and romance. I like mundane things, tiny details, quiet moments, and triumph after a struggle. I like vulnerability and will work through all the mess to get to whatever is at the core. I love real and I believe that's obvious from the pieces inside Indelible. As I said before, it's not romantic poetry or love poems the way some might associate with those terms, but I still believe it fits best into those categories. One of my favorite pieces from the book encapsulates those notions quite nicely, I think:
It's not the flash, pop, or sizzle
That you'd imagine.
Begin in love is more like the reverberation
That rumbles through your chest
And resonates in your being.
It's that pressure and release
Coupled with a suffusion of lightness and joy
That you can't quite properly explain.
It's wonder and excitement–
No matter how many times
You've experienced it.
It's a bewildering and settling feeling of contentment
When the night is over
And you walk off
Into the dark and the unknown.
It's the expectant and untouchable aspects
That make love
Feel like fireworks.
So there you have it, a few things to know about book 2, Indelible. If you haven't checked it out yet, what are you waiting for? Click the link below and get it today:
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