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Blooming in Progress
"All two years’ worth of pain,
of struggling to keep moving forward
but always taking too many steps backwards
and falling back into the traps of negativity,
of heart break, of not being my true self.
Until I decided it was time to stop making a
mistake become a decision,
until I decided it was time to be better,
to become a better woman for myself
because I didn’t like who I was becoming.
Broken into parts, you will come to understand
parts of what I felt in the two years after I got
my heart broken by the man I loved,
and how that led to more than that feeling
of heart brokenness."
of struggling to keep moving forward
but always taking too many steps backwards
and falling back into the traps of negativity,
of heart break, of not being my true self.
Until I decided it was time to stop making a
mistake become a decision,
until I decided it was time to be better,
to become a better woman for myself
because I didn’t like who I was becoming.
Broken into parts, you will come to understand
parts of what I felt in the two years after I got
my heart broken by the man I loved,
and how that led to more than that feeling
of heart brokenness."
- GenresPoetry
99 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 21, 2017
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Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews
January 2, 2018
Honest and sincere
Laura's poetry revolves around a personal journey to self love and healing. Although I enjoyed the book, I wanted more variety in her word choice and metaphors and more experimentation with form, which some of the poems seemed to lend themselves to.
Laura's poetry revolves around a personal journey to self love and healing. Although I enjoyed the book, I wanted more variety in her word choice and metaphors and more experimentation with form, which some of the poems seemed to lend themselves to.
August 25, 2017
Being able to read through your journey of heartbreak and heartache to where you are now with yourself and self love was amazing. I've also went through this journey of being heartbroken and finding myself again and I loved the way you put it into words! Great job Laura, can't wait to see what your writing brings us next.
February 5, 2018
This was a great collection of poetry. My favorite section was part IV-rediscovering. I could really relate to a lot of the poems in that section. Lawson's words are very heartfelt and sincere; however, I would have liked to see more variation in word choice and a bit more editing. Overall, I enjoyed this collection!
October 23, 2018
simple, yet full of depth
this short poetry collection was simple, yet full of depth and self love. blooming. a seed that grew with every poem. some of the poems were a little rigid, but overall great flow from one piece to the next.
this short poetry collection was simple, yet full of depth and self love. blooming. a seed that grew with every poem. some of the poems were a little rigid, but overall great flow from one piece to the next.
July 5, 2017
"loving you is destroying me.
it's taking me apart, piece by piece.
then putting my pieces back together
to be someone i don't want to be".
- if you're not going to love me back, let me go. please...
i know this poet personally, but i do not know this type of heartbreak. i have never loved another person in that way to experience the pain within these pages, but i do understand. she has poured her pain throughout these pages and takes you on a journey.
her first love.
her first heartbreak.
just to keep going back to him,
but in the end,
she started to release him and grasp ahold of herself. she expresses finding self-love and self-worth.
it is vulnerable and honest and i am truly proud of my friend laura lawson for taking this leap and sharing her work.
it's taking me apart, piece by piece.
then putting my pieces back together
to be someone i don't want to be".
- if you're not going to love me back, let me go. please...
i know this poet personally, but i do not know this type of heartbreak. i have never loved another person in that way to experience the pain within these pages, but i do understand. she has poured her pain throughout these pages and takes you on a journey.
her first love.
her first heartbreak.
just to keep going back to him,
but in the end,
she started to release him and grasp ahold of herself. she expresses finding self-love and self-worth.
it is vulnerable and honest and i am truly proud of my friend laura lawson for taking this leap and sharing her work.
August 9, 2024
Loved it!
I bookmarked a lot of the poems. The brokenness and healing in these poems touched me. They are inspiring and empowering.
I bookmarked a lot of the poems. The brokenness and healing in these poems touched me. They are inspiring and empowering.
Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews