{"product_id":"52-hertz-ariana-diaz-9798654977809","title":"52 Hertz","description":"A hauntingly beautiful collection of poetry that dwells in the struggles of self-love, grief, abuse, and family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eKinder, Softer, Better \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003emother says suffering will make you kinder, softer, better.\u003cbr\u003eshe lights a candle. sends you prayers. dreams of the person that will come back.\u003cbr\u003edifferent from the one that is gone. she speaks of your shattered arms, bloody head, broken feet.\u003cbr\u003ehow they kept you for days in a cold concrete cell and send you back in sweltering heat\u003cbr\u003ewith nothing on your back. she says suffering will make you kinder, softer, better.\u003cbr\u003eI keep the questions locked in my mouth.\u003cbr\u003ewhy is suffering the key? why couldn't you be softer, kinder, better on your own?\u003cbr\u003eis a broken body the same as a broken mind, heart, soul?\u003cbr\u003eshe asks if I want to speak with you I shake my head.\u003cbr\u003ethe words I want to say will break the spell over our heads.\u003cbr\u003epeople don't change. please don't come back.\u003cbr\u003ethis time, just this time, I hope to be wrong. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLove Is Not for You and I \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ewere you raised with your mother kneeling at the feet of your father\u003cbr\u003ewith his hands on her neck like a collar\u003cbr\u003edid you learn the tremors and screams of her throat\u003cbr\u003ethe scars on her hands\u003cbr\u003ethe welts on her back\u003cbr\u003edid you see the smile on her face tight-lipped to hide the blood between her lips\u003cbr\u003edid you hear your father call it love\u003cbr\u003eis that why you seek the same from me \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eShape of Me \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ehow can I hate what you love\u003cbr\u003ebut as I look in the mirror\u003cbr\u003eI can't find what you see\u003cbr\u003ewhen you name me beautiful and place prayers at my feet\u003cbr\u003eyou are foolish for loving the first person that offered you the recipe to kindness\u003cbr\u003ehow can you find comfort in the swell of my arms\u003cbr\u003ehow can you peel all the layers of filth and ugly and dirt\u003cbr\u003efind something small and broken and name it love\u003cbr\u003ewhere can I find eyes like yours so I won't lay at night\u003cbr\u003emeasuring time waiting for you to realize\u003cbr\u003ethat love is not something that comes in the shape of me\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ariana Diaz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8654977809\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798654977809\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/25\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.35d","brand":"Ariana Diaz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44169953902847,"sku":"9798654977809","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_829923ce-f2f3-4e44-917c-e25a9462ef70.jpg?v=1689655954","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/52-hertz-ariana-diaz-9798654977809","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}