Review

“Smile, you are alive”, she exclaimed.
“Barely.” whispered he.

Poetry has always been my go-to genre, and it always feels good to pick up a poetry book and sit with the feelings we usually keep running away from. For me, poetry has always been about acknowledging emotions that are difficult to express out loud. And once again, with this book, I found myself sitting with themes I often avoid.

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The End is the Beginning by Abhijeet Sharma is a beautiful collection of 27 poems that explore themes of hope, love, heartbreak, relationships, healing, and the strength it takes to rise again even when everything hurts. These poems carry questions, memories, silences from quiet days, and the loud chaos hidden inside lonely afternoons. The collection feels personal, reflective, and emotionally honest throughout. The collection is divided into four sections – Awakening, Conflict, Flesh and Fracture, Ascension, and Homecoming and each section brings a different emotional experience. Some poems make you pause and reflect quietly, some take you down memory lane, while others stay with you long after you finish reading.

What I really liked is how Abhijeet keeps his writing simple and relatable. Each poem and every section carries its own emotion and identity, which makes the collection feel meaningful as a whole. His writing style is raw and honest. While a few poems in the beginning may take slightly more time to absorb, many others instantly feel relatable because of the emotions they carry.

I really loved these lines from the poem Coming Home that stayed with me:

“We hurt the ones who stayed too near,
Built walls of pride, of doubt, of lies.
We wore our guilt like rusted gear-
And begged the mirror for alibis.”

These lines felt deeply real and emotional to me because they talk about guilt, distance, and the walls people create around themselves. Another beautiful line from Hollow Reflections says:

“Grief clings to the path-no matter the weather.”

And honestly, there are moments in this collection that quietly break your heart. It feels like thoughts someone was finally brave enough to put into words.  A few poems were slightly difficult to understand, while many others genuinely touched my heart. This is also the kind of poetry collection that feels best read slowly, during quiet nights or reflective moments when your thoughts feel louder than everything else around you. 

In all, The End is the Beginning is an emotionally immersive poetry collection that speaks about pain, healing, guilt, love, and self-reflection in a very simple yet impactful way. It is a collection that quietly lingers with you even after you finish reading it.

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