"The shining ones, the broken ones, they are all you."
A healing collection of poetry and prose by the renowned American poet Cleo Wade, touching the hearts of over 100,000 readers.
Exclusive Feature: Includes handwritten phrases by the author from the original English edition.
★ A book dedicated to the heartbroken, comforting countless wounded souls around the globe!
★ Foreign rights sold in numerous countries, including New Zealand, Australia, Portugal, Germany, Spain, Italy, and France, with over 100,000 copies sold worldwide.
★ Boasting a near-perfect 4.9-star rating from Amazon readers.
★ Hailed as "The Millennial Oprah" by New York Magazine.
★ Selected as one of America's most influential women by Marie Claire.
People always say love hurts.
But what they don't tell you is
that a broken heart doesn't heal on its own.
The pieces remain pieces.
You carry these pieces
and keep on living,
until one day
you meet someone who also carries pieces.
Together, you will piece together
a brand-new heart...
When the world is in chaos, and when we experience various moments of pain and hardship, Cleo Wade writes with her pure, honest, and heartfelt prose:
Even when we try our best to live, we still get hurt, make mistakes, and feel lost.
How can we, being who we are, still find the capacity to love?
As one of America's most prominent next-generation poets, Cleo Wade rose to prominence on social media in 2017.
Her verses are deeply moving and full of comfort, attracting over 500,000 followers to date.
Her work is deeply loved by the younger generation, and her handwriting and love poems have even been transformed into large-scale street art installations.
This book is Cleo Wade's debut collection, featuring nearly a hundred poems about love, sorrow, growth, and fear.
Her poetry and prose act as a mirror, re-illuminating many things we take for granted as simple, because those are often the most important yet easily overlooked things in life.
◆ On bravery, she says:
The world does not need your silence.
The world
does not need you to say you are okay
when you are not okay at all.
◆ On heartbreak, she says:
When our hearts break, we are, on one hand, in extreme pain
because the feelings of loneliness and abandonment are magnified completely.
On the other hand, we simultaneously enter a state of acute sensitivity,
allowing us to connect deeply with everything the world has to offer.
◆ On self-care, she says:
Taking good care of ourselves is how we fuel up,
so that we can share our love with those around us.
Taking good care of ourselves
means asking clearly what it is we truly want.
◆ On love, she says:
I held on tight / but my hands / grew sore / and red.
It made me think / that maybe love / should instead
let go.
◆ On growing up, she says:
Be successful / become the person you want to be.
Let these two things / become the exact same thing.
"Rather than having this book simply be read,
I hope it is treated as a close companion—
a forever friend to everyone, offering energy whenever you flip through its pages." — Cleo Wade
Reading this book, you will discover:
There is a certain magic and strength hidden within suffering. No matter what we go through, we possess the power to keep moving forward.