What Youth?

What Youth? is a collection of poems written from the ages of 14 to 20. These poems illustrate the trials of coming-of-age and questioning what life truly means. These questions stem from issues regarding abuse, trauma, mental illness, love, exploring gender and sexuality, absorbing life's beauty and the hardships of recovery. Throughout the novel, the reader will attempt to grasp an understanding of youth and the life that unfolds around it.