Winter Roses after Fall

By r.h. Sin and Robert M. Drake

From the authors of The New York Times bestsellers Empty Bottles Full of Stories and Falling Toward the Moon comes a brand-new collection of compelling poetry and prose.
There's a harshness in the air; the season is changing its colors. The rain is chilled, icy to the touch, and the sky, filled with melancholy. Your search for warmth has brought you here; you starve for something profound. You require something that will resonate with your soul. Despite how cold, you're determined to grow. And with these words, you bloom, a winter rose.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
• Release date: Oct 26, 2021
• ISBN: 9781524875824

Book preview

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contents

AGAINST THE ROPES

ALL ABOARD

ALL THE MAPS I FOUND ALWAYS LEAD ME TO YOU

A PINCH OF LIGHT

AT NIGHT, IT ALL MAKES SENSE

BEFORE IT BEGINS

BLESSINGS COME IN ALL FORMS

BORN WITH CAPES ON

BROKEN THINGS LEAD TO NEW THINGS

CHASING WATERFALLS

HOW IT FEELS WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE YOU CAN’T LET GO

HOW THINGS BECOME COLD

I DO NOT MAKE THE RULES

I MET A GIRL AND SHE BROKE MY HEART AND I WAS NEVER THE SAME AFTER

IT COMES LIKE A THIEF IN THE NIGHT

RERUNS NEVER GET OLD

RUN WITH THE HUNTED

SOMETIMES YOU’RE THE HERO SOMETIMES YOU SAVE YOURSELF

THE DAY YOU GET YOUR WINGS

THE DOORS ARE OPEN

THE GARDEN OF PEOPLE

THE GIFT AND THE CURSE

THE INVITATION

THE LAST MESSAGE TO MY FRIEND

THE LAST TIME YOU SAW EACH OTHER

THE MOMENT YOU REALIZE THE LIGHT IN YOUR BODY

THE MOMENT YOU WAKE UP

THE PLAYBACK

THERE IS ALWAYS A LITTLE MORE TIME

THE SEARCH IS NEVER OVER

THE THINGS WE SHARE

THE TIMES YOU’VE LEARNED TO LET GO

THE WINDOWS ARE OPEN

THINGS FALL APART

THINGS THAT JUST HURT

TO BEGIN

UNTITLED ONE

UNTITLED TWO

UNTITLED THREE

WHAT HAPPENS IF I THINK TOO MUCH

WHEN A HELPING HAND IS YOUR SAVIOR

WHEN FEELINGS BECOME DAGGERS

WHEN HOPE CLEARS YOUR HEART

WHEN MIRACLES HAPPEN

WHEN POEMS SPEAK MORE THAN THE TRUTH

WHEN THE GLASS IS HALF FULL

WHEN THE SUN RISES

WHEN WHAT YOU FEEL WITHIN OUTGROWS YOUR BODY

WHEN YOU APPRECIATE PEOPLE BETTER THAN YOU DID THE NIGHT BEFORE

WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE YOU CAN’T MOVE

WHEN YOU REEK OF LOVE

WHEN YOUR HEART IS BIGGER THAN YOUR BODY

WHEN YOUR HOME DOESN’T FEEL LIKE HOME

WHEN YOUR LEGS REFUSE TO FALL

WHEN YOUR MOUTH DOESN’T MATTER

WHEN YOU THOUGHT OTHERWISE

WHERE THE FLOWERS GROW

WHY DO THEY LEAVE AND never return?

YOU GIVE THEM THE WORLD

YOUR CHEST IS A POT OF GOLD

YOU, TOO, CAN HEAL THEM

robert M. drake

TO BEGIN

Don’t be

so hard on yourself.

Be kind

to yourself.

No one knows

what you’ve been through

better than

you.

And no one

is going to give you

the kind of love

you deserve

other than

yourself.

Be kind to yourself.

Be good to yourself.

Take care

of yourself.

It may take

some time.

And it may take

some trials and tribulations

to get

to that point.

But believe me

when I say

in the end,

it will be

the greatest gift

you have ever

received.

Be kind to yourself.

Love yourself.

And be patient

with yourself.

You deserve these types

of soft things

and a lot more

than you think.

You know it.

And I know it, too.

RUN WITH

Reviews for Winter Roses after Fall

[Liv · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

It is not deep. It is not good poetry. It is just mindless affirmations with line breaks.