We just have to rewrite them over and over again till they fit.” It’s a pat on the back of the girl who didn’t give up, even when everything she wished for, everything she loved, was falling around her. There is one poem called ‘For Her’, that speaks about loving and doing things for the girl that has been the most courageous inside you. Poems such as ‘Witches’ and ‘Dragon Breath,’ use fantasy beings to show the strength of women. “The greatest magic you have is the courage you go digging for, when your world falls apart, the light you still hold when everything has grown dark.” “In human beings, a black hole is spending your energy loving someone who takes all of your love and gives back nothing in return.” It covers poems on loneliness, endings, letting go, forgiveness and healing, just like the stages of grief. In this section, the author explains how our bodies and our heart are not ‘hospitals’ for people to come and get themselves fixed. It addresses the importance of a new day, a new beginning, of possibilities, growth, and opportunities that every day brings with it. It talks about our bodies being a part of something much bigger than the physical world that is around us. The first section is about magic and the Universe, and how nothing ever really dies.

That a part of us will live forever and ever, and that in making us, the Universe was celebrating itself, we are its living, breathing joy.” “Someone I loved once told me that there are fragments within us that are the same age as the Universe, and because we are matter, we can never be destroyed. The book is divided into seven sections, each separated by an untitled poem themed with the poetry belonging to that section.

It talks about womanhood, self-love, and self-care, being comfortable in your own skin, healing, letting go and the grandiosity of the Universe.

These beautiful set of poems explores the fire that lives within us and the power we have of achieving our dreams and passion. Wild Embers is the second of her poetry compilations. ‘Your Soul Is A River’ is the first set of her collections. She started posting her writings on Tumblr and Instagram, and later her collection of poems got published into books. Nikita Gill is a British Indian writer and poet. “You cannot burn away what has always been aflame.”

Wild embers book