A Shining Heap of Broken Glass: poems of life, pain, love and veganism

This book is about finding the beauty in that which is painful. It is poetry as a method for healing old wounds and expressing what cannot be said out loud. The poems explore the feeling of isolation that comes from living in a society that does not understand, and the helpless stagnation of a life without direction. It is divided into four sections: life, pain, love, and veganism. Life is mostly about self-reflection and the frustration of uncertainty. The second section is about pain, both physical and emotional, the effects it has, and the methods of dealing with it. The third section covers love in all its many forms and the role it plays in romantic relationships, families, friendships, and in one's own mind. Veganism looks at humanity's abuse of animals and the planet and the sense of desperation that comes from feeling like the only one who sees it.