The Storyteller

Sometimes grief can be a place to grow from. Sometimes nature heals the spirit as nothing else can. Author Melissa Hartwick turned to her long lost love, poetry, to process the ups and downs of her last year, and found that the words meant more to her, and others, than she had imagined. In her second volume, she delves more deeply into the healing process and the learning that occurs along the way. This is poetry for a seeking heart, a grieving heart, and a healing heart. i want the wild i want to feel it absorbing me surrounding me welcoming me into its earthy nature i want to find myself once again, for the first time at peace at the sound of a river a bird an owl i want to feel the strength of the trees enveloping me and giving me their goodness because in this moment i lack the strength on my own