Leap

By Jacob Garbarino

Jacob Garbarino's book of poetry "LEAP" is a tale of growth into adulthood. In his book are poems regarding heartbreak and self-doubt and his journey into trying learn more about himself and free himself from the hurt that he has been through in his life. This is his first published work and many reviewers attest that his poetry is masterclass, thought-provoking, and tear jerking.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jacob Garbarino
• Release date: Jan 20, 2023
• ISBN: 9798986996912

Book preview

LEAP

Poems By

Jacob Garbarino

Dedicated to:

Every Dreamer Out There

What’s in the way, is the way

In a life where I am on a constant journey within myself, I’ve come so far on the feet that I had to learn to use when I came into this world. All the self-doubt that I allowed to crush my spirit when others expressed how much I had to offer; running from the very same passions that placed smiles across my face.

I now understand the journey that must be taken and ready myself for the battles that will present themselves. This is the path that I have chosen for myself, leaving only myself to do something about the way it ends, my life is about focus and focusing on what needs to be done to write a story worth telling.

I must become so focused on change and becoming the person that is needed to walk this path. In a life where we’ve all suffered and doubted our own abilities, I must show myself what surpassing negative thoughts and creating beauty within myself looks like.

Table of Contents

Gilligan, Tattered Rose, Atrocity, Dear Island, Depth,

Hopeless Romantic, Tragic Harmonies, Living Space,

The Curtain, Tailored, Un-Pleasure, Body of Water,

The First and the Last, Harness, Petals, Scars, Shia LeBeouf,

Nebula, Mother, Looking Glass, Atrocity Uprising, Samurai I,

Hi,, Father, Hair I, Milo, Fine Wine, Love, Her Lips, Hair II,

This is a I’ll Actually Try to Write a Love Poem Poem, Murals,

The Voice of An Underachiever, Sunshine Morning,

The Page Thinks…, Exhibit, Kain Carter, 88 Keys,

Hip-Hop Saved My Life, Corpse, Few Good Things,

Photographs, To My Closest of Friends, Lake Charles, Reality,

Samurai II (Ronin), Chapters, Atrocity Paradise, Orizuzu

Gilligan

Home is meant for me

Floating in Limbo; Seeking

Purposeful Heathen

Tattered Rose

In the Olive Garden parking lot after giving, you the heads up

About the rumor at work that we liked each other

You responded, But we don’t though

When I admitted fondness and chuckled at your naivete

Your face became a scene of confusion

I was known as the work flirt

As everyone else became pigeon-like bystanders perched in anticipation

That I would turn beast: rip the ring off your finger, devour you to my liking, and pick my teeth clean of you

Leaving your engagement, a scene of mutilated happiness, while heathens would graffiti over any sign of love

But only after a couple of weeks,