Shifting Within: The Becoming

By Seth Gonzales

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Shifting Within: The Becoming is a raw, unflinching memoir told through poetry, where survival is not a metaphor-but a memory.

Structured like a novel and shaped by lived experience, this hybrid collection traverses childhood trauma, suicidal ideation, familial collapse, and the long, gritted work of becoming someone new. With a voice both precise and aching, Seth Gonzales confronts the truths many are told to silence-layering verse with emotional architecture, visual pacing, and a quiet refusal to disappear.

Across four transformative sections-Fracture, Collapse, Reflection, and Reconstruction-the book traces the lifelong impact of abuse, abandonment, and memory, while offering a stark counterpoint: the decision to stay. Each poem holds weight. Each silence is intentional.

This is not poetry that flatters.

It does not resolve with ease.

But it is alive.

And it endures.

For those who've wondered if survival is enough-

This book says: becoming is still possible.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FMJV3YXV
• ISBN13: 9798293532322
• Release Date: August 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"