This is Your Tragic Back Story is the debut poetry collection from Sven Stears., and digs deep into a lived experience of addiction, trauma, recovery, and ultimately, hope.
the Bottles on the pavement
have been ground so fine
that in the shimmer of the streetlight
they become beach-sand draped in the finery of summer
regression, really
the bottle wanting to return to a previous form
after it's purpose has ended
have been ground so fine
that in the shimmer of the streetlight
they become beach-sand draped in the finery of summer
regression, really
the bottle wanting to return to a previous form
after it's purpose has ended
Excerpt from Hourglass