The Hurt Before the Fall

is a collection of poetry and prose about love and loss, sharing detail on the positive and negative aspects of these experiences. The poems in this book offer the reader a new viewpoint and way of looking at feelings that the majority of people have experienced already in their life. This book has different themes throughout that hit different places of your heart. They reach into your heart to poke at different wounds, not to open them, but to show you what you've gone through and how you can use those wounds to teach yourself how to heal in the future.