{"product_id":"knitting-my-soul-kendi-karimi-9798524627032","title":"Knitting My Soul","description":"Knitting My Soul is a collection of poems about the human experiences that have made me bend back into myself to find love, joy and peace in this time-space reality. These are poems that talk about the toll of the journey of a soul but more so, the joy on the other side that screams, behold! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese poems are for your soul, and though they pass through the ears, the brain is not the goal. Read them with a quiet nod, not for the sake of loud posts on social media. They will dig a hole, but you will have to do the digging all through. And then with the torch you find, shine that light till your body says, oh no! She\/he has found another home. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt that point, realize this; nothing has been found. You had it all along. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWere I a vase\u003cbr\u003eMy heart would go to the rose\u003cbr\u003eIt smells so great\u003cbr\u003eBut to behold it means loss\u003cbr\u003eWere I regret\u003cbr\u003eI would fashion myself like a fresh rose\u003cbr\u003eWhere once smelt\u003cbr\u003eYou feel what you need to feel then let me go. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWere I trouble\u003cbr\u003eI'd be hell\u003cbr\u003eDreaming about and not living in heaven.\u003cbr\u003eI'm rocked in the cradle of love of the here and now\u003cbr\u003eNot the past that could have been.\u003cbr\u003eI'm swinging and it's freeing\u003cbr\u003eThis mother is my joy\u003cbr\u003eThis all-living\u003cbr\u003eAll-alive feeling is filling. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI am not the vase\u003cbr\u003eI am not the rose\u003cbr\u003eNeither am I the water.\u003cbr\u003eI am the pouring act\u003cbr\u003eThe filling up\u003cbr\u003eThe act of life\u003cbr\u003eAnd then\u003cbr\u003eI am the sustenance of the plant\u003cbr\u003eThe breath of in and out\u003cbr\u003eThe process of life itself.\u003cbr\u003eOf course I'm not the lungs or the air\u003cbr\u003eBut the feeling of freshness in the spirit\u003cbr\u003eThe sweet release of endorphins. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI am a version of a vision of myself\u003cbr\u003eAnd since I am the director and student\u003cbr\u003eI can bend the rules as I please.\u003cbr\u003eI am no longer trying to break free from anything\u003cbr\u003eI am falling and laughing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI find it hard\u003cbr\u003eto be me\u003cbr\u003ebut I can't find the guts\u003cbr\u003eto leave me\u003cbr\u003eso I have to be me\u003cbr\u003eif it kills me\u003cbr\u003eall while hoping\u003cbr\u003ekilling me won't be it\u003cbr\u003eeven if life makes a meal out of me.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kendi Karimi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798524627032\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/22\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 122\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.26d","brand":"Kendi Karimi","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48487274086655,"sku":"9798524627032","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_aa05033b-c9e8-40b0-80eb-2af5c76c9be0.jpg?v=1778059471","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/knitting-my-soul-kendi-karimi-9798524627032","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}