Kia Went - Connection

 

Kia went

Connection

 

I have been lucky enough to have witnessed

Kia performing her poems live a few times,

and to have been able to visit her poetry event,

where there is genuine love and warmth,

a community of souls

all supporting and helping each other.

So, I had to buy a copy of her book

to be able to read and fully take in her work.

 

So, I sit with my hands gripping the pages for dear life,

I’m a bunch of poems in and I have already

had tears in my eyes, but also a smile in my heart.

It’s a cliche but I have already been lifted

and dropped like a rollercoaster,

this is raw, honest and emotional,

but please don’t take that to mean miserable, or self-centred.

This is anything but.

It is a true look at ourselves, warts and all,

from the good and the bad,

it’s a deep dive into the murky waters of toxic relationships

and the way they can

make you doubt yourself so much,

how you can lose your identity

becoming someone too scared to live a normal life

in case it causes the other to launch into their behaviour.

This hits home.

I’ve been in abusive relationships

where I would basically mask up all of the time,

hiding my true self in case it ended up

with me on the receiving end.

Again, this is not to say the entire book is dark.

When we finally start to find ourselves

after these dark times, there is a lightening.

A flourish of growth

and a renewed sense of life and passion.

This book gives you this feeling as well.

It teaches you to look in the mirror

and say I love you to the face staring back,

a face you have been hiding away from for so long.

I would recommend this book

for anyone that is doubting themselves

or who feels there is no light at the end of the tunnel,

there is you just need to reach for it

and keep walking

until you find yourself standing

at the other end with a torch.

All in all, a great read,

full of brilliant lines

that will help you look

at the world a different way

 

Grab your copy here

 https://monzo.com/pay/r/write-key-education_Ss363ngmzcQHRl

or contact @ltchkiekidpoetry on instagram

(who you should be following anyway!) 

and get along to Rhymes on the rocks 

in stamford, 

for a brilliant, relaxed evening 

of poetry in a lovely bookshop.

 

Peace, Love & Poetry