{"product_id":"the-flowers-will-bloom-cynthia-rodriguez-9798992458503","title":"The Flowers Will Bloom","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Flowers Will Bloom, a debut poetry collection about the struggles of life. The author focuses on the realities of mental health and anxiety, writing about her journey in battling her own demons. Along with learning to fight back when the struggles of life strike. A poetry collection that doesn't stray from the darkness in those moments of deep adversity in an attempt to allow those who are currently or have been completely lost, know that they are not alone. All while the author tells her story about finding that light. A poetry collection about pain, suffering and the undeniable growing strength that comes from it.\u003cbr\u003eIt is the author's attempt to have you feel seen through the words of pain and feel spoken to through the words of encouragement.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI am like the drought, longing for rain.\u003cbr\u003eBut I am also like the rain begging for the sun.\u003cbr\u003eI am the flood looking for a way to drain.\u003cbr\u003eI am the howling wind, wondering when the calm will come. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI am winter dreading the cold.\u003cbr\u003eAnd I am summer dying of thirst.\u003cbr\u003eBut I am also the bird flying despite its wings being hurt. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI am the roots that dig deep when the sky doesn't provide.\u003cbr\u003eI am the fear in search of light.\u003cbr\u003eI am my own knight.\u003cbr\u003eI am the howls of the night.\u003cbr\u003eI am the sun that knows I have to rise despite the struggles of life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd I have also been the monster that haunts my own mind.\u003cbr\u003eThe words that strike me where it most hurts.\u003cbr\u003eI am my own ghost that lurks.\u003cbr\u003eI am the healing and the injuries. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI am my own armor, but also the dagger.\u003cbr\u003eI am the sorrow concealed by laughter.\u003cbr\u003eWhen it is today, I am tomorrow.\u003cbr\u003eI am a sunny day but also a natural disaster.\u003cbr\u003eThe hurricane and the landfall that causes it to dissipate.\u003cbr\u003eI am my own anchor but also the sweeping waves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI am the blooms but also the decay.\u003cbr\u003eI am insanity, and I'm also sane.\u003cbr\u003eI am the hope when I no longer want to try.\u003cbr\u003eI am the relief and the disappointed sigh.\u003cbr\u003eI am a human, like everyone else, running on time.\u003cbr\u003eBut I will always be the fight no matter how hard I'm hit by life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI hear you in this desert heat, echoing how you would be my sanctuary.\u003cbr\u003eYour broken promises still linger in disbelief.\u003cbr\u003eYou put a bandage over my grief.\u003cbr\u003eBut I should've known you knew I needed stitches.\u003cbr\u003eNow you left me here to bleed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI never thought it would come to this.\u003cbr\u003eYour betrayal hurt more than those triple scorpion stings.\u003cbr\u003eAnd the venom in your words keeps finding its way in.\u003cbr\u003eI feel you crawling on my skin.\u003cbr\u003eMy body fights to resist, but as I wipe you off your residue sticks. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis blazing sun is blinding me.\u003cbr\u003eI feel my body burning, yet I'm shivering.\u003cbr\u003eI hear every drop of sweat amplified by your deceit.\u003cbr\u003eMy body is giving up, but it's my mind you still have to defeat.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe one you portrayed as weak.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI see the vultures waiting me out.\u003cbr\u003eI bet you thought I'd be dead by now.\u003cbr\u003eBut I will not be a carrion.\u003cbr\u003eYou'll have to eat me alive.\u003cbr\u003eYou can go ahead and send the coyotes at night, but I will still fight. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHope is the last thing to die.\u003cbr\u003eAnd it's been my dagger and my light in many other lives.\u003cbr\u003eThey've killed me before, but I always revive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cynthia Rodriguez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798992458503\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cynthia Rodriguez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/13\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 318\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.67d","brand":"Cynthia Rodriguez","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47244394103039,"sku":"9798992458503","price":12.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6f6c43c6-c4dd-480e-a7d8-d0eb3208327a.jpg?v=1758135634","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-flowers-will-bloom-cynthia-rodriguez-9798992458503","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}