Shadows of a Journal

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>it started with a text on 5/5.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>one message. one text thread that felt like fate.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>until it unraveled.</span></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>shadows of a journal</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> is a raw emotionally charged poetry collection chronicling the rise and fall of a love story that was never what it seemed.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>written in real time - through the hope the heartbreak the betrayal and the healing - these poems are fragments of a journal the author never meant to publish.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>for anyone who has loved deeply lost themselves and clawed their way back into the light this book is for you.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>if you've ever searched for poetry about heartbreak betrayal healing or survival after love - </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>shadows of a journal</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> will meet you in your shadows and leave you standing stronger in your light.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>🖤</span></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>because sometimes the most honest parts of a story... are the ones we never meant to write.</em></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>About Echoform</strong></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Shadows of a Journal</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> is written (mostly) in </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Echoform</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> a mirrored poetry structure created by the author. Each moment is captured in two poems: a </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>love poem</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> written in present tense honoring the truth of what was felt and a </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>shadow poem</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> written in past tense offering hindsight grief or clarity. Together these paired poems hold both memory and meaning-making space for radical acceptance emotional complexity and healing.</span></p><p></p>