How can you know the light without the darkness?

How can you grow without the uncomfortableness of transformation?

In this inspirational, authentic, often raw and always real, thought-expressing poetry book, Author Amy L. Gaines artistically shares the pain, grief, loss, loneliness, and broken-heartedness that she has endured along the journey of her rise to triumph and beauty.

As a licensed clinical social worker, Amy has walked numerous clients through the emotion and trauma outlined within these pages. Each poem carries a story that countless readers will relate to while their wounds are healed, and their fears are faced.

Journey through these poems with a creative and open mind, and end up at a place of faith, hope, acceptance, and resiliency as you discover the beauty in the dark places and the joy in the rise!