Valleys to Jump Into: A Poetry Series

I didn't saw it coming. I had decided to give my pen a much-needed rest and that was going well until a idea struck to me which i resonate with to a certain level. For me my escapism lies in writing, whether its a story that i'm writing or a play and a poem. I love to immerse myself into a world where everything is ruled under my laws and no one to hate me, a world that does not hurt me. With writing, another thing that comes with along the art you make is the old wounds getting new and so they never gets healed. "Everybody has moved on in their story so why am i still clinging to same old branches that have long fell on the ground?"-with this question in my mind i decided to stop writing. Currently the vault itself has more than 600+ poems that are yet to be made public. However this is not what i came to talk about. I have a new poetry series (and probably my last).

"Valleys to Jump Into" is a poetry series about generational trauma, lost innocence and growing up. I'm here to share the pain of a child who is an adult now looking back how that love he got was always conditional. He is hunted by the guilt that if he ever speaks out against the trauma that his family gave him then he will be an ungrateful child who doesn't respect all what they have done for him. And this is the core of this poetry series and how he must break away from this curse called "generational trauma".

These poems tells the tale of a child who was forbidden from the playgrounds, forcing him to watch everyone from sidelines, cold dinner tables, ghost of a child swinging on a swing and his older version trying to jump into the valley. I have poured my heart into everything, every poem is a shriek of that child, his lost innocence, growing up and much more. This series is titled as “Valleys to Jump Into” because it’s all about escaping from this real world, a will to die or forever believe in your convictions while constantly bleeding. The poems in this series are:-

1. No One to Call
2. Valleys
3. Dinner Table
4. Drawing
5. Hiding Pt.1
6. Hiding Pt.2
7. Swing Pt.1
8. Chopped Wings
9. Swing Pt.2
10. Stars
11. Family Love, Family Scars
12. Growing Up
13. Collection
14. Defeat
15. Valleys to Jump Into: An Epilogue

Note- These poems are not based on my life, i saw so many comments and I would like to make it clear these are not about me and my childhood. Its a concept based poetry series.