{"product_id":"cant-quite-express-9798849039466","title":"can't quite express","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Zachary Phillips\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: LGBTQ+\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCan't Quite Express is a 6500+ word epic poem. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePart expression, \u003cbr\u003ePart confession, \u003cbr\u003ePart question. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is an intimate look at the impact of mental illness, trauma, and neglect. A critical dissection of the interconnected roles that family, religion, society, education, and government play, as well as their impacts upon an individual. A commentary on current affairs, historical trends, and the bleak potential of our collective future. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCan't Quite Express is also both an example of, and an encouragement for, writing therapy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt will show you how to use writing to heal, and then encourage you to pick up a pen and begin for yourself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe page listens.\u003cbr\u003eIt doesn't judge.\u003cbr\u003eIt has a perfect memory but can be easily discarded.\u003cbr\u003eIt is always available, always accepting, always there. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCan't Quite Express will move you to contemplate, introspect and act. It will leave a mark. One that will reverberate into your future through your words, actions, relationships, and writing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"There are things I want to say\u003cbr\u003eBut just can't quite express\u003cbr\u003eRuminations and meditations\u003cbr\u003eI'm too afraid to address\u003cbr\u003eLike the veil over my eyes\u003cbr\u003eThat keeps me hidden from the stress\u003cbr\u003eTo the dark wishes\u003cbr\u003eI'm fighting to suppress\u003cbr\u003eLike the fear and anxiety\u003cbr\u003eThat I will constantly transgress\u003cbr\u003eTo the past expressions\u003cbr\u003eI am never going to confess\u003cbr\u003eLike how everything I do\u003cbr\u003eGives me nothing but duress\u003cbr\u003eTo the unwavering ache and torment\u003cbr\u003eThat's causing me to regress\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eI must profess\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI desire to express my stress\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eConfess to address this abscess\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTo obsess on happiness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTo aim for excess \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnd to stop living like such a mess\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eYes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI want to make progress\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBut there are just some things I can't quite express..\"\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46340889575575,"sku":"9798849039466","price":1947.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798849039466.webp?v=1767718412","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/cant-quite-express-9798849039466","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}