Stay Until Tomorrow

<p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(87 87 87 1)>Stay until Tomorrow</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(87 87 87 1)> by Meghan A. Patricia Wentworth is a debut collection of autobiographical poems shedding light on trauma heartache love loss and the poet's self-healing journey. These poems are skeletons that can no longer be kept in the closet; they are secrets come to life; they are a bright light shining in the face of the abuser. They are about breaking down to come back anew; about reconciling the dark past with a hopeful future. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(87 87 87 1)>In This House the poet writes:</span></p><p></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(87 87 87 1)>This was the house of my dreams</em></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(87 87 87 1)>...</em></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(87 87 87 1)>Where I returned in the middle of the night</em></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(87 87 87 1)>...</em></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(87 87 87 1)>after the assault that cracked my foundation</em></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(87 87 87 1)>....</em></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(87 87 87 1)>This is where I had to say goodbye</em></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(87 87 87 1)>Where I must begin to build</em></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(87 87 87 1)>myself from the ground up.</em></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(87 87 87 1)>Writing these poems helped the poet heal from PTSD anxiety and depression. In sharing them she hopes readers will find comfort and validation and the belief that things can get better.</span></p><p></p>