Now You Can See

By Jessica L. Tate

"Choices are impossible to make without hurting somebody.
The odds are usually good enough to make it easy.
But when there is no good from either,
and there is no way to choose
the one you would normally choose (knowing the martyr you are for your cause),
you’ve become an enemy."

Young Adult fiction author Jessica Sankiewicz makes her poetry debut with a compilation of poems from her twentieth year.

Now You Can See tells the story of a young woman caught between two worlds: one that she desperately wants to remain in and one that is preventing her from being there. Her journey to reach some sort of clarity is explored in these poems.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jessica L. Tate
• Release date: Apr 25, 2017
• ISBN: 9781370105571

Jessica L. Tate

Jessica L. Tate is the author of the poetry compilation Now You Can See. She also writes fiction under the name Jessica Sankiewicz.

Book preview

Years before I published my first fiction novel, I dreamed of publishing my poetry. It appeared out of reach, especially since back then self-publishing wasn't what it is today and traditional publishers weren't actively looking for poetry. I placed that dream in the someday file and moved on to writing stories instead. I never stopped thinking about someday, though.

As time went on, I saw others publishing their poetry and thought, Is it someday now? I mulled over the possibility of sharing my poems with the world for the first time in years. The more I thought about it, the more I wanted to do it. So I began the process of reading through my work from years ago.

I originally planned on publishing all of the poems I wrote in one book, but that didn't seem very practical. Not to mention a decent portion of my earlier work was mediocre at best. I settled on selecting a specific portion of them, one that would tell a story in itself.

When I was twenty, my writing became stronger because I had been facing challenges I'd never encountered before. It's a little difficult to explain since my circumstances growing up were different than most. Essentially, these poems are about a boy I used to love and what happened when I was forbidden to see him by my family. I was in a dark place back then because I still loved him even though I wasn't allowed to be with him. To find my way out of it, I turned to writing. It was my escape from the hurt, my way of coping.

As painful as those times were, I know they made me stronger and prepared me for the tough times to follow. And I'm grateful for the lessons learned along the