G.T. Nicolaas

Between first light and ashes : "Love, Loss & Other Poor Life Choices: Poems for the Romantically Reckless" G.T. Nicolaas 2 ed edition

Love, a language we think we're fluent in until loss leaves us fumbling for words like tourists without a phrasebook. This collection chronicles the catastrophe of a relationship: the spark (actual butterflies), the warmth (too many matching outfits), the cracks (turns out they weren't "quirks"), and the goodbye (spoiler: it wasn't pretty). Perfect endings only exist in movies and fairy tales written by people who've clearly never tried to split a Netflix account.

Each verse captures moments frozen in time. Stolen glances, 2 AM promises that seemed profound, and the slow unraveling of what felt unbreakable (like a favorite sweater that keeps snagging on everything). May these poems be a quiet companion as you stumble and occasionally glide forward.

GPS for the heart not included, but the best journeys happen when you get beautifully lost.