Book: The Universe of Us by Lang Leav

★★★/★★★★★

 “Sometime the loneliest place to be is in love.”

I think me and Lang Leav's books have a very strange connection. I mean, I was totally in love with her words but as a whole this book failed to amaze me. Again, the words are beautifully woven together but I was emotionally detached and at times I didn't feel anything at all. And I really really wanted to love it more but it didn't do the magic like it did to others.

Conversations

You may be powerless now, but there will be a time when you won't be. Don't you see? And that's the time for you to be loud, to tell the world about the changes you want to see, to set them in motion.

Crying

You're still crying about him, aren't you? Silly girl. What good will it do to you to spill those sky blue tears? You meant either everything to him or absolutely nothing at all.

Having read all four books/collections of Ms. Lang Leav, I can say that I was a bit underwhelmed. The first time I heard about her books I was so excited for everyone seemed to love them and so I decided to grab a copy for myself. Don't get me wrong, Leav did a good job putting these poems together and they're beautiful but I guess they didn't wow me as much as I expected them to.They're fine and there are some I really loved but most of them failed to impress me. But again, it's just me and I hope the next person will love it more than I did.

Nonetheless, people who love poetry will definitely enjoy this!

Book: Memories by Lang Leav

★★★★/★★★★★

I related so much with this book and there were times I had to stop and appreciate how wonderfully written these pieces were. I love that most of them really tugged at my emotions and they struck straight through my heart. And though some were from her previous collections, I loved the added ones!

To be honest, I was disappointed with Leav's first two books but I love this one much better! It's sad and though they hurt, the words were honest and beautifully woven together.

Acceptance

There are things I miss

that I shouldn't

and those I don't

that I should.

Sometime we want

what we couldn't—

sometimes we love

who we could.

The Stranger

Does it make you crazy? To think he saw you—his eyes passed over you and if only there had been some small mishap in that pivotal moment. A spilled drink, a stumble through the door—his hand reaching out to steady you and it would've happened. A whole new world would've opened up like a vortex to swallow you both into blissful delirium. But you turned away, out of shyness or indecision and by the time you turned back, he was gone.

How do you explain it without sounding unsound? That click you felt when your eyes met his, like the switch of the train, transporting you for one miraculous moment, to what might have been.

Then reality intervenes and with a shake of your head, you tell yourself to stop chasing shadows. But I can tell you now—that click you felt, it was real—and you must not ignore it. For it is the sound of your fate beckoning. It is the voice of your destiny calling. Sometimes it only calls once.

Book: Lullabies by Lang Leav

★★¹⁄₂/★★★★★

 I don't write to you anymore. Nor do I write for you. But I do write—and every word still aches for you.

 Continuing with Ms. Leav's sequel to Love & Misadventure, I was hoping to love this book even more but just like the first, it let me down. I really wanted to like it, to love it like others did, but I just didn't feel any connection with the words. Okay, maybe I did with some but most I didn't care. Maybe I felt something at times but more than a little tug, there was nothing more. But hey, it's just me. 

Love's Inception
I did not know
   that it was love
   until I knew.

There was never
   another to compare
   with you.

But since you left
   each boy I met
   will always have you
   to compete.

Forewarned
If a boy ever says, you remind me of someone—don't fall in love with him. You will never be anything more than second best.

Almost
Do you see
   how I love him true—
   it could've been you.

As for you
   and your love for she—
   it could've been me.

But we were a maybe
   and never a must—
   when it should've been us.

Book: Love & Misadventure by Lang Leav

★★★¹⁄₂/★★★★★

Do you remember the song that was playing the night we met?

No, but I remember every song I have heard since you left.

 

I've been wanting to read this one for quite some time now and finally, finally, got to now! I was expecting to love it much more than I did but unfortunately it didn't wow me that much. I have my favorites and, don't get me wrong, it's wonderful, but I've read better ones. 


Always
You were you.
   And I was I;
   we were two
   before out time.

I was yours
   before I knew,
   and you have always
   been mine too.

Closure
Like time suspended,
   a wound unmended-
   you and I.

We had no ending,
   no said goodbye.

For all my life
   I'll wonder why.