GrowingPains
Sara Arneberg GrowingPains
First Edition2024
GrowingPains
Copyright© 2024 by Sara Arneberg
Allrightsreservedincluding therightsofreproductionin wholeorinany part or form.
Title of theoriginal: GrowingPains
Illustrations:SaraArneberg© 2024, AllRightsReserved.
Cover: Sara Arneberg ©2024,All RightsReserved.
Publisher: BoD– Books on Demand, Stockholm, Sweden
Print: BoD– Books on Demand, Norderstedt, Germany
ISBN:978-91-8057-665-9
To thepersonholding this book; Ihopethisiswhat you’ve been lookingfor
Poemsinthiscollection
Introduction
Sprout,PartI:
Crumbs of love
Theold you
When we’reapart
Missing person
My heart
You’re differentnow
AllI wanted
Whyisitalwaysme?
Toomuchtoask
Asinking feeling
Stolen
Pearls of Fear
thevoidinmychest
Retrospective
Cravings
Theeverlasting cry
Realisation
Fade
Closingthe Circle
Autumn Blues
Grow, Part II:
Ideserve better
Emptywords
Disappointment
Erased
Regrets
Thetaste of hisown medicine
Toosmall to grow
TheNiceGirl
TheForgiver
An Unsent Email
Againstyour lines
Themusic shop
As nightturns to dawn
Fortune Cookie
Wonders of Summer
Trashcan roses
Anew year’s poem
Lost time
Female Rage
Underthe façade
Poemsinthiscollection
Bloom,PartIII: Your story
Strong by myself
Opinion
TheQueen of Spades
Thelastletter
HowtobeWoman 101
HowtobeMan 101
To thepeopleI’vecried leaving
Themoviecontinues
Thefirst real love
It is temporary
Ifeeltoo much
Someone
True or False
Thefascination of him
What if it’strue?
MapleSyrup Voice
ThelifeI live
Magicinthe Mundane
Acknowledgements
Aboutthe Author
Read more
Introduction
Sincemyhighschool graduation in 2022 andthe release of abouquetofpoems, life haschanged quite drastically. I’ve gone througha breakup, I’ve lost afew friends, and I’ve struggledquite alot with loneliness. That’s whyI’m so grateful to have hadthisproject andtobeabletolet allmyfeelingsand thoughtsout by writing. It’s like therapyfor me.
In some ways this is thefollowupof abouquetofpoems, but in others it’s awholedifferent book. GrowingPains is more focusedonlifeafter high school,and the beginning of adulthood. It’s abouthealing from the darkness in life andbeginning to seethe light, growing throughthe pain,and to noticethe smallthingsthatmake everything worthit. Thepoems arestill writtenmostly about my life, about thestrugglesI’vefaced andneeded to letgoof. It’s been difficultreadjusting to this new stageinlife, sometimesI feel like I’mbarelyholding on, andothersI feel like I’montop of theworld.Eitherway thepoems make it easiertograsp my emotions andcome to termswith them.
Sometimes IwishI couldgobacktomyteenageyears, somehow they seemed easier,likeadriving lessonbefore thereal exam.But mostly Idon’t.Theyare afinished chapterofmylife, just as abouquetofpoems is a finished book. NowI’m writing GrowingPains and living thenew chapters of my life.I’m experiencing new things,meeting newpeopleand gettingtoknow whoI
8
really am when I’mnot in school andsurrounded by peopleI know.
Ihopethatyou, thereader, whohas picked up this book, will find some resemblancetoyour ownlifeinthese poems.Thatyou will feel seen or less alone,knowing that I’ve toobeenthrough difficulttimes.I wish that you whoare searchingfor inspirationwill find it here, between thelines of my poetry. Andlastly, Ihope that youwho arelooking foranotherpoint of view will finallyunderstand theother perspective. If you’ve picked this book up andthought that it mightnot be foryou, thinkagain.I’m sure there’sa poemherefor you, or for someone else in your life. Please,enjoy!
Sara Arneberg @abouquetofpoems9
