Tea Stains & Cigarettes

By Brooke L. Gardner

Tea Stains and Cigarettes is a collection of poems that illustrate a sense of reality through the lens of mental illness, heartbreak, past traumas, love, and loss. Brooke L. Gardner paves the path down memory lane with a mixture of her own hardships and happy moments with poems that anyone can relate to within their own lives.

her

small, quiet, mouse-like
friend to the shy, sister to the broken
looked up to the sky
with words soft-spoken
who loved the waves
who loved the ocean
feelings of self-hatred, guilt, and abandonment
fears of solitude, judgment, and enclosurement
who composed sweet melodies with her words
who desired change in herself and the world
born an accident, living on purpose

-b.l.g.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0BMTHBS2H
• ISBN13: 9798417958670
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"