it started with a text on 5/5.

one message. one text thread that felt like fate.

until it unraveled.

shadows of a journal is a raw, emotionally charged poetry collection chronicling the rise and fall of a love story that was never what it seemed.

written in real time - through the hope, the heartbreak, the betrayal, and the healing - these poems are fragments of a journal the author never meant to publish.

for anyone who has loved deeply, lost themselves, and clawed their way back into the light, this book is for you.

if you've ever searched for poetry about heartbreak, betrayal, healing, or survival after love - shadows of a journal will meet you in your shadows and leave you standing stronger in your light.

because sometimes the most honest parts of a story... are the ones we never meant to write.

About Echoform

Shadows of a Journal is written (mostly) in Echoform, a mirrored poetry structure created by the author. Each moment is captured in two poems: a love poem written in present tense, honoring the truth of what was felt, and a shadow poem written in past tense, offering hindsight, grief, or clarity. Together, these paired poems hold both memory and meaning-making space for radical acceptance, emotional complexity, and healing.