shadow.self.

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Herein lies a raw exploration of duality darkness & desire. A collection of sonnets haikus and free verse that brings to the surface our fractured pieces and celebrates how the light and the dark blend to make us whole. An invitation to embrace the </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>shadow</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> and give it its rightful place as a part of the </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>self</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Internationally celebrated voice actor and author Joe Arden opens his mind and heart in this scintillating outpouring of original poetry. Arden's work bleeds from the page in the same emotionally-charged fashion as his lyrical performances of the countless love stories he's told throughout his career.</span></p><p></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The power you've hidden underneath glows</em></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Who told you to bury your beautiful?</em></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Every scar tells me what your body knows.</em></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Your presence to me is immutable.</em></p><p></p>