The Origin
I never set out to write a four-volume poetry collection.
It began with individual poems written during seasons when I was trying to understand experiences I struggled to put into words. At the time, I was simply writing what I needed to write.
Over time, the poems began to reveal relationships to one another. What first appeared to be separate pieces gradually formed a larger story—one that helped me recognize what I had lived through and understand it more clearly.
Rather than forcing conclusions, the poems made room for questions. They became a place where difficult experiences could rest before they were fully understood.
Only later did I realize that those individual pages belonged together. What had begun as private moments of writing had quietly become Petals to Pages—a four-volume poetry cycle gathered one page at a time.