Alisha Lalwani

S[words] Alisha Lalwani

Each chapter, a phase of her life, eventually ends in the happiness she's always looked for. This is the story of her journey as a warrior, who fights a myriad battles to conquer a city basking in the warmth and light from street lights of self-love and cracked pavements filled with concrete of strength. Through fighting battles and embracing these battle scars, a stronger warrior has rose, the only weapons her words; her swords. S[words] is a collection of poetry, featuring four chapters: The battles I fought, The lessons they taught. The blood that clots, The happiness I sought. The titles themselves form a poem, portraying the entire story, each line - a different pha