{"product_id":"so-i-wrote-you-a-poem-david-tensen-9780648989349-david-tensen-9780648989349","title":"So I Wrote You a Poem","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn January 2021, Instagram followers were invited to message author David Tensen with a life story they wanted made into a poem. More than 60 people wrote in with stories spanning divorce, loss, trauma, parenting, ableism, same-sex attraction, suicide, PTSD, parenting, religious shame and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing from deep empathy, and with a desire to give dignity and voice to those often shamed and ostracised, David wrote a collection of poems every day for twenty-one days. This special collection of 25 poems is a tribute to the common loss and hope we all share.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is David's second poetry collection. His best-selling debut 2020 collection, 'The Wrestle', is also available worldwide\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe following is a poem from the collection. It features in the chapter, 'On Marriage': \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFOR THE ONE WHO WAS BETRAYED\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e(To the betrayer)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThere is a tree by our home\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ethat fell in a storm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eon the path\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eI walked to belonging.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eI assumed this was our path, \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eand perhaps it was, \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ebut the storm -\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ethat was your betrayal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTorn from the earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBranches broken.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLeaves strewn like confetti\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eon our wedding day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRoots, now exposed, \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eshamefully waving at passers-by, \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eremind me\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eof what was sown in secret.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTrunk, now splintered, \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003epiercing those who dare to pry, \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eremind me\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eof your unrepentant reasoning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eI've been tempted, \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003emore than once, \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eto nest in the wreckage\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ebut you won't find me there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eInstead, I'll be in the forest\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eforging new paths\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ethrough forgiveness\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eand a fog of grief, \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003evowing to love myself\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003emore than you ever did.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDavid Tensen\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David Tensen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43175586463987,"sku":"9780648989349","price":13.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9780648989349.jpg?v=1662075768","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/so-i-wrote-you-a-poem-david-tensen-9780648989349-david-tensen-9780648989349","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}