Bound and Becoming

Abstract

This poetry collection explores the theme of bound and becoming through free-verse poems that examine boundaries, inheritance, responsibility, and transformation. The poems reflect moments of pause and tension, highlighting how personal growth often occurs within constraints rather than in their absence. Through imagery of thresholds, gravity, threads, and buried seeds, the collection traces the speaker’s evolving understanding of identity and change. Together, the poems present becoming as a gradual, intentional process shaped by both limitation and choice