A journey through poems and watercolours, which captures the raw beauty of growing up.

 

Watch Us Begin is a coming-of-age poetry collection which follows the journey from adolescence into early adulthood. Written between the ages of fifteen and twenty-two, these poems give voice to the emotions of growing up: love and loss, nostalgia and change, mental health and identity.

 

The collection is arranged in eight sections, each one marking a stage of growth. From The Stillness to The Reflection, the poems move through moments of clarity and confusion, discovery and doubt, joy and reckoning. Together, they create a map of what it means to begin again and again, whilst learning who you are becoming.

 

Each poem is accompanied by a hand-painted watercolour illustration, adding another layer of intimacy to the words. The pairing of art and poetry creates an immersive experience, in which the reader can feel the emotion captured in both.

 

Watch Us Begin is for anyone standing at the threshold of change, searching for reassurance, or reflecting on the time when everything felt new and uncertain. It is a reminder that growth is not a straight path but a cycle of beginnings, each one shaping us into who we are meant to be.