Interview With Poet Sharon Salomon

1. What inspired you to write this book of poetry? I have gone through massive trauma at various times in my life, and I have consciously focused on healing through various modalities. During 2022, after major life changes, I was on a healing journey and had a spiritual awakening of sorts. I have always been a writer, artist, and musician at heart, and during my opening and healing my writing just started coming through me. At the time I did not think to publish anything. I was honestly just writing as a healing experience. As     time went on and I had more and more in my journal, I decided to publish it, to share it.  

2. What exactly is it about — and who is it written for? It is about transcendence. It is a human experience of pain, loss, grief, trauma, healing, and ultimately love. So, I would say it is for anyone who has gone through something and has struggled to put words to it, or has struggled to express the emotion that wants to flow through. It is about hope, about finding light in the darkness, and then complete transformation. It is also for those interested in spiritual awakening.  

3. What do you hope readers will get out of reading your book? I hope that readers will have a healing experience in the movement of energy - of emotion, which is energy in motion. My hope is that readers let the words touch the heart, and help them heal, and shift. I hope that it ignites a fire in people’s hearts, especially for those who have given up on living their fullest, most passionate lives. 

4. How did you decide on your book’s title and cover design? The title of the book is the title of the very first poem. It literally channeled through me while I was on a walk. It honestly felt like some of the words, some of the poetry, came from my ancestors and right through me. The cover is artwork done by Muhammed Salah, who I found on Instagram. I fell in love with his art. All the pictures in the book are his artwork. The feel of his artwork, particularly those images that are out in the cosmos, resonates with me. 

5. You write of abuse, loss, and trauma. What advice do you have for those weathering such storms? I would say that no matter how dark it gets, no matter how alone you think you are, or how dire the situation is, there is always light there for you. You are always one breath, one decision, away from coming back home into your heart. You are always supported by your Guides and many other beautiful beings who are there for you. There is always help available, even for those who don’t have family or close friends on whom they can readily rely. Within the pain, there is opportunity for transformation, and ascension. Be in one tiny moment, and then another, and know that everything can shift.  

6. You also write of healing, gratitude, love, and understanding. What do you say to people who struggle to experience any or all of these things If someone struggles in this way, I would ask them ‘what is the resentment or anger giving you? What is the payoff of holding onto the beliefs that you have running?’ The limiting beliefs, the wounds, the energy, the frequencies, if you will, that we carry in us, subconsciously or even in our energetic imprints from our ancestors or our own past lives, create our reality. Whatever is in that reality is a reflection of what is going on inside of us. We are always operating either in love or in fear. The fears are there to show us where we are protecting ourselves. The fears help us learn and release if we choose to. 

7. Each of your poems are fairly short. Do you feel you can say a lot with so little? Yes, many of the poems are short. When I write, I write until I feel like what wants to be said has been said. I tend to write with simple and straightforward words which cut right through, with depth. So, I hope the experience of the poems bring up feelings, and concepts, which go beyond the length of the poem itself. When reading the same poems over, you will notice deeper layers coming up for you. 

8. What challenges did you overcome in the writing of this book? I have healed from abuse and great loss, and from deepest unhappiness in my life. The growth over the years would be difficult to relay in one paragraph. I went from depressed and unable to truly be myself or trust people, to absolutely free in my skin and in my life. I went from various diagnoses to absolutely healthy, and drug and chemical free. It used to feel like it was impossible to get through terrible events. Now, I’m in a place where I genuinely can embrace them, sometimes even with some excitement for what I will uncover in the experience. For example, “What is this showing me about my wounds, and beliefs? What is it showing me about the energy that wants to be expressed and move? What fragment of me is showing up here, so she can come home?”  

9. If people can buy or read one book this week or month, why should it be yours? It would be a great and true honor if my words could, in some way, assist people in their healing. It touches on various topics, and we have all experienced love, loss, desire, longing… I would love it if people went ahead and let the words move them! I would love to touch people’s hearts.  

About The Author: Sharon Salomon is a lover of animals, travel and the journey of the spirit. She believes in loving like your heart is expanding and wrapping itself around the earth, and that if we avoid pain, we miss out on all the good bits.  She works as a Quantum Healer and can be found on https://www.instagram.com/sharon_salomon/.  For more information, please see: www.sharonsalomon.love

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