While this book has its unbearable moments in “Earthquakes,” “Syria,” and “Lexicons That Divide Us.” Her poems also ponder the resilience of humanity in “History,” “White Helmets,” “Stillness,” and “There Are Two Languages.” Clearly, what Bouvard feels in her own life and the life of others is empathy and goodness. No matter how much pain she personally feels or depicts with her characters there is always the bright side in “What the Sky Tells Us:” …The real village / lies in our hearts that are the rooms / of our loved ones where our / souls open their windows / to see a star, the beauty of flowers / the grass flaming in early spring. Bouvard’s poems express heartbreak and uplifting moments; moreover, they are meditations of love that allow us to feel and heal, and ultimately reveal in joy and beauty. If I had to choose one poem in this book that brings us all together, it would be: “What Connects Us,” as these ending lines capture: We all live / in a world of grief, fear, moments of wonder / and discoveries, in the love that brings us all / together regardless of the barriers we construct.” Read and feel and share these crafted poems, and you may rise to that invisible light that defines us. —Preston H. Hood, III, Maine Literary Award Winner