Relatable yet deeply intimate, provocative yet comforting, bite-sized yet profound, Lili's poems reflect her trademark honesty and unique perspective. Swimming Lessons explores the euphoric beginnings of young love, battling anxiety and depression in the face of fame, and the inevitable heartbreak that stems from passion. I love you, darling, were the last words you said to me."item_description" : "The debut collection of poetry from Lili Reinhart, the actress and outspoken advocate for mental health awareness and body positivity.
Line drawing of a sun setting on the horizon. I hope that you, the reader, can see yourself reflected in my words. Emotion can be explored and felt through the fabrication of a story, and some of these poems were crafted out of pure empathy for those around me.Įach one of us leads vastly different lives, and yet we can all relate to the fundamental feelings of happiness and sorrow. The inspiration for this collection came from personal experiences as well as experiences that are not my own. I decided a little over a year ago that I wanted to share my own collection of poems in the hopes that they could bring comfort to whomever is looking for it. Once you see that someone understands your feelings, suddenly you’re not alone anymore. Therein lies the beauty and surprise of poetry. It’s hard to imagine that anyone out there could possibly feel the same things that you do, to the depths that you feel them. Discovering poems that closely reflected the thoughts in my own head became reassuring in a time when I felt severely misunderstood. I started reading poetry as a way to comfort myself through spells of depression. We see our lives through the words of a poet when we are incapable of expressing ourselves. I believe that we read poetry to relate to the world.
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