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Kind and brave don't need to be saved."
At its core, Goforth’s poetry is a call to action, entreating audiences to connect with their inner spirit and live one’s truth with unconditional authenticity. Themes like courage, freedom, and sink or swim are intricately woven into a tapestry of vivid imagery like turbulent seas and burnt bridges. Using a primarily AABBCC rhyme scheme, Goforth’s commentary tackles many of the issues that most plague today’s society and the modern human: self-image over what’s inside, abusing Mother Earth’s gifts to mankind, unrelenting fear, and a nagging feeling of being lost in an ever-evolving and technologically advancing world.
The running discourse throughout the compilation is delivered through rhyming couplets that add emphasis and meaning to help audiences understand the devastating impacts of vices like greed and corruption, which often stem from having too much power and authority. Further, through kindness and bravery, life’s shackles will come off, and one can lead his or her best life.
Throughout, metaphors and idiomatic phrases are a mainstay. Whether it is “drunk on power” or “ashes to ashes, dust to dust,” there is a constant juxtaposition of addiction and salvation and the ramifications of both. Interestingly, in a world so dense with division, the author makes shedding labels and loving others for who they are a central focus in creating a world of peace that is ripe for awakening its energy and tapping into its full potential. Overall, Goforth has a strong command of figurative language and finds a way to deliver extremely important topics of conversation in an easily digestible manner for all readers.