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    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
One Birthmark Away From Peace

One Birthmark Away From Peace

Zheng, Janie M.

Paperback

General Poetry

ISBN13: 9798196570339
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: May 6 2026
Pages: 116
Weight: 0.32
Height: 0.24 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
This haunting poetry collection explores the invisible wounds left behind by childhood trauma, emotional abandonment, family betrayal, racial bullying, and generational pain. Through lyrical verse filled with raw vulnerability, the collection follows one daughter growing up within a fractured household shaped by violence, silence, resentment, and emotional neglect. After parental separation during early childhood, the daughter becomes trapped between fury, blame, and loneliness. Academic struggles emerge beneath constant verbal conflict. A father consumed by unresolved anger repeatedly projects bitterness upon the child because she resembles her mother. Relatives weaponize beauty standards against her birthmark, leaving permanent emotional scars through cruel remarks, cosmetic criticism, and humiliation. School offers no sanctuary, only further isolation through bullying, prejudice, and mockery. As failed relationships repeatedly enter the household, false affection, manipulation, and betrayal deepen the emotional devastation. A stepmother hides malice beneath performative kindness. Blood relatives remain emotionally distant, appearing only through convenience rather than genuine connection. Even motherhood itself becomes fractured through dishonesty, infidelity, and broken trust. Yet beneath every wound survives resilience. Through poetic storytelling rich with sorrow, reflection, and survival, this collection captures the emotional reality of children raised within unstable homes. It speaks for daughters blamed for existing, for children forced to mature too early, for souls searching desperately for peace beyond inherited suffering. At its heart, this collection is not only about grief. It is about survival. It is about choosing distance from cruelty. It is about discovering self worth beyond family judgment. It is about rebuilding life through chosen love, emotional freedom, and inner peace. A deeply intimate collection for readers drawn toward raw emotional poetry, literary healing, and stories of resilience rising from silence.

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