{"product_id":"the-truth-of-you-poetry-about-love-life-joy-and-sadness-9781524860448","title":"The Truth of You: Poetry about Love, Life, Joy, and Sadness","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis is the truth of you.\u003cbr\u003eBecause you are all I see.\u003cbr\u003eBecause you are all I breathe.\u003cbr\u003eBecause when I cannot find you, I am lost.\u003cbr\u003eBecause when I'm with you, I am found.\u003cbr\u003eBecause you have the fire of the universe in you, and sometimes you forget.\u003cbr\u003eSo this book is here to remind you.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDear You, \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI want you to know that I see you. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI want you to know that even if no one else does, even if you are a ghost in this bookshop, or just the static floating across the screen of your computer, wherever you're reading this, I see you. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI see you in the dark and I see you in the grey. I see you as a story, as words I have spoken or may yet speak. Maybe only in a memory or a dream. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI see your hands and your arms and your body and your legs and your face and I see what you have been and what you will be. I see you and in looking at you, I want you to know that whoever you've had to be to survive all this, I will not look away. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI want you to know that there's a space inside this book for you. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSo if you have the time and the inclination, you can sit here with me, just for a while. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd perhaps between us, we can see everything that matters. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e-pleasefindthis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIain S. Thomas\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and new media artist. He is the author of several books including\u003ci\u003e Every Word You Cannot Say \u003c\/i\u003eand the internationally bestselling \u003ci\u003eI Wrote This For You \u003c\/i\u003eseries. When he's not writing, drawing or working, he spends time with his family in the outdoors in Cape Town, South Africa.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Andrews McMeel Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50677310161170,"sku":"9781524860448","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7d03480c-ad0b-4d03-9d1f-87215c5560cf.jpg?v=1733892946","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-truth-of-you-poetry-about-love-life-joy-and-sadness-9781524860448","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}