the words i'll never say

<p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Alana Kirby's poetry took TikTok by storm reaching millions with her words of comfort and light under the pen name Alaska Lane. Here she shares some of her most popular works in print alongside never before seen poems. Let her unspoken words carry you on a journey through the darkest nights of the soul and into the hope of the dawn:</span></p><p> </p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>at the very root of it all the truth is that</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> i didn't know how to accept myself. i was never taught how to.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> i always felt painfully misunderstood</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> like a star that accidentally fell to earth.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>labelled a mistake and torn apart until i had nothing left.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> i lost myself in a war i unwillingly fought against the world.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>there was nothing i could've done to make it okay</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> or convince her there was a light waiting for her at the end of her pain.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> but although she's gone although she can't read this</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> i tried to honor her memory through writing down what i had left of her.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> i made these pages into a place for her soul to rest.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> and i told the world all the things she wasn't able to convey.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>on her behalf these are the words i'll never say.</span></p><p><br></p>