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The rules of the game still haven't changed"
In this poetry collection, history’s cycles repeat, and readers discover a speaker who contemplates free will, salvation, and other emotional waves and undulations one experiences in life. Defiant and critical of church ideologies that have dominated society for centuries, the speaker questions the reverence of “Mother Mary,” who “birthed a god,” and describes the birth as a “fraud.” Other poems encourage readers to consider life’s superficiality and then strive to find a deeper meaning. Some of the poems even reflect on America’s colonial past, which saw the uprooting and slaughter of millions of Native Americans. The poems place such historical events in correlation to today’s events, such as war. The poems also offer a subtle critique of money, capitalism, and the focus on wealth as a definition of oneself in society.
Each poem in this collection carries a bold and defiant voice. At times, the poems possess a musicality. This musicality forms because of each poem’s reliance on rhyme schemes that repeat throughout the collection. Some of the poems read like spoken word pieces or hip-hop songs. The collection carefully balances the themes of politics, history, and romance. Overall, the poems encourage readers to discover and employ their free will. The poems also encourage readers to defy the systems that ensnare and oppress them and fully rely on the self for happiness and fulfillment. Other poems encourage readers to rediscover their inner child and once again approach the world in which they live with wonder and curiosity. Readers who appreciate rhyming poetry will like this collection.