If you are in love, trying to let go of someone, hurting or healing, this book is for you. For some people, poetry is just words with no deeper meaning; for other people, poetry is their whole world. Its an escape. This book is a collection of poetry and prose, a trip through all of the emotions - from joy to sadness - up close and authentic, exploring topics like loving, breaking up, mental health, and finding yourself again. It might get too real for some and very comforting for others.

Hushed Retribution Born into New York's most notorious Mafia family, Sofie Jackson dreams of a different life. Defying her father's criminal plans and abusive control, she escapes to California, adopting a new identity as Sofie Johnson. Determined to bring justice to her family's victims, Sofie joins the police force, working secretly with the FBI and the president to dismantle the Jackson empire. As she fights to expose the truth, she finds unexpected love with fellow officer John Williams. But danger looms from the sinister Christian Jackson and the jealous Mary, a former classmate turned enemy. "Hushed Retribution" is a thrilling tale of courage, love, and the relentless pursuit of justice. Will Sofie overcome her past, or will the shadows of her bloodline consume her?

This is my melting heart. The collection of my scars, my rage, my tears. Yet past the darkest night there lies another day. Come witness.

Lies Beneath the River delves into the life of Rimbun, who has carefully distanced herself from her troubled past in Borneo by trying to build a new life in Germany. However, when an urgent call beckons her back home to visit her ailing mother, Rimbun finds herself slowly returning to a mysterious cult along the river course. As she grapples to understand her roots and part in it, the journey reveals itself to what lies beneath the surface of Rimbun's world. Through this book, the author tries to explore the true meaning of home and examine the ideas of one's capacity to harbor both pain and healing, secrets and revelation. This book is a framework of a feature-length screenplay because the author believes that film will better communicate the complexity of identity and culture in this story by showing the contrast and connection of characters and locations through visual medium.

"To the Mother Goddess of the World" is a story based on real events from my various trips throughout Asia. It is a recollection of my adventures in part and an inspiring story of a young woman reclaiming power in her life and answering the call of wanderlust after getting out of an unhappy relationship. Throughout her two-and-a-half-month journey, Aella visits breathtaking natural wonders, witnesses architecture of human ingenuity, gains new perspectives, and encounters true love.

How do we ask for forgiveness, when there is no one left to forgive us? How do we cope with the forever loss of what we thought was most precious to us? A story, in which sixteen year old Jake learns that in order to heal, and be free from the burden of guilt he bore after the suicide of his girlfriend, he has to learn to forgive himself first.

Everything is white. It looks cold outside. This is the life of a person who has even forgotten their name. Follow their journey as they try everything to free themselves from a strange phenomenon torturing them: chains magically appearing out of anywhere just to tie and pull them, forcing them to behave in ways they dislike. In a City where all colors have been stripped, where their identity has been bleached out from reality, and where no real freedom, nor connections exist to them, can they really find a way to free themselves? Everything in this fictional story is fiction. All possible connections with real life and its events and facts are mere coincidences. This is a work of fiction.