"These lives we could have lived?
Let us live them."

The first section of You Are Here has a deep longing sadness running through every word that transitions into a sort of melancholy healing in the second and third sections. This book explores self-love and relationships with very elegant writing.

I couldn't wait to read this book and as soon as I got an eARC off Netgalley and read those first lines, I knew I would enjoy it. This is a collection of poems that explore, love, self-love, relationships and awareness. There are an array of poems that explore feelings of joy, uncertainty, fear, love, loss, hope -and the fragility of life. Some of my favorite poems are "Only if you must," "Staying is your choice," and "The tale of the girl."
Love the simple black and white illustrations at the beginning of each section of the book.

Thank you Netgalley for the eARC. It's just sad that I cannot quote a line or two of the book given that it's just an advance copy that I read.

This is an accessible and very relatable collection of poems. Some of them were truly heartbreaking, showing how reminiscing on love - while sometimes brutal - can also remind you of why you fell in love with the other person in the first place. I especially loved the transition of the poems from slightly longer ones that let you get used to the author's voice to really short poems that packed an emotional punch and left you reeling for a while.
All in all, a beautiful collection I'd recommend to anyone out there looking for a new, fresh voice in poetry.