The Beauty is in the Rise

<p class=ql-align-center><strong><em>How can you know the light without the darkness?</em></strong></p><p class=ql-align-center><strong><em>How can you grow without the uncomfortableness of transformation?</em></strong></p><p class=ql-align-center><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify>In this inspirational authentic often <em>raw</em> and always <em>real</em> 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. </p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify>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. </p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify>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! </p>