Wild Ride

By Alison Goldstein

Life is a roller coaster filled with ups, downs, twists, and turns that we all experience differently. Often inspired by nature, experiences, feelings, and people, this poetry takes a look at a young person's journey through life. This collection describes one's experience of heartbreak, mental health battles, friendship, and finding oneself.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Newman Springs Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Aug 24, 2022
• ISBN: 9781638813903

Book preview

Title Page

Copyright © 2022 Alison Goldstein

All rights reserved

First Edition

NEWMAN SPRINGS PUBLISHING

320 Broad Street

Red Bank, NJ 07701

First originally published by Newman Springs Publishing 2022

ISBN 978-1-63881-389-7 (Paperback)

ISBN 978-1-63881-390-3 (Digital)

Printed in the United States of America

Contents

Introduction

Boys

Cavities

Beautiful Heartbreak

Solo Adventure

Sexy

You

Naive

Games

Confused

Broken Wounds

The Way You Still Make Me Feel

Messy

Locked Away

Thinking of You

Still

Baby

Worthy

Lips

Young and Reckless

Toxic

Aftermath

Anxiety

Lost

Headaches

Too Loud

Finding the Ground

Too Loud Inside

Dizzy

Masked

Different

Communicate

Social

Light and Dark

Anything Left?

Waking Up

Depression

Back to Bed

Metaphors

Lost

Winter

Sad

Essential Oils

Sad Poems

Tiled Walls

Broken Thoughts

Demons

Death

Puddles

Missing Persons

Does It Get Better?

Does It Get Better Part 2

Tired

Hurting

Healing

Sitting with My Sadness

The Fog

Memories

Too Busy

Daily Routine

Lifeless

Nightly

Tired Again

Happy?

Existence

New Darkness

Hope

Sunrise

Light

Healing

Mornings

Teardrops

Friendship

8 Again

Melting

Sun-Kissed

More

Home 1

Home 2

A New Road

Thank You

Elements

The Pen Is Mightier than the Sword

Wild Ones

Acceptance

Self-Love

Odds and Ends

Western Hustle

Ouch

Fire

Self-Hate

Deceit

22 Years

Pools

Sorry

Irony

Tattoos

Empath

2020

Storms

Bittersweet

Looking for Home

Escape

Highs

Lows

Stupid Youth

Contradiction

You Are Light

Introduction

I am young, but I know so much.

I am young, but I know nothing.

While we are young, we have experienced the hurt of a thousand years. We talk about it, and we try to heal ourselves to not burden future generations. I am proud of us for that. But sometimes it gets hard, and only so many dark-humor memes can cover up how we really feel. For me, the hard times have led me to an awakening of growth and healing.

Below you will find different topics that this book is broken into, along with a short description of each. I hope they give you an idea of what inspired some of the poems in each section.

Boys.