Velvet and Barbed Wire Book inviting them to pause

inviting them to pause

It is the story of a boy who grew up but kept his ink tied to a single heartbeat

Conversations is my first poetry book

In this book a clumsy heart’s desire to talk to this known stranger and to meet this person

Poetry can be healing

Velvet and Barbed Wire Book inviting them to pause"Velvet and Barbed Wire" is a metaphor for something or someone who holds two contrasting qualities at once softness and danger, comfort and pain, beauty and harshness. Velvet represents luxury, tenderness, and warmth the gentle side. Barbed wire represents protection, pain, and boundaries the side that cuts if you get too close. Together, the poet captures mixed feelings or complex personalities: poet wants to convey she can be loving yet guarded,