Aftermath

I started writing poems for this collection in January 2019 as an outlet to vent my frustrations with some of my relatives, my mental health, and the society I live in. After writing a few of the poems, it dawned upon me that this is something I want to share with other people. I named the collection “Aftermath” because life is all about the aftermaths of things we put into motion, people we meet, and the decisions we make. The four sections are divided into four different emotional reactions to the aftermath of what I went through over the 27 years of my life. Many times, I did horrible things, or I reacted awfully and hurt my loved ones. Some of my family members even abandoned me, and it impacted my mental health and the relationships I have with myself and the people around me. Life throws us curveballs all the time in many different shapes and sizes. We go to war with ourselves many times in our life, and then we are left with the aftermath to deal with on our own. I wanted to show people that it is normal and that we can all make big mistakes and it is how we own up to them is what really counts in the end. I think what I really wanted to achieve is that an aftermath doesn’t always have to be a bad thing in life as long as we don’t let it take over us.