"in the beginning, there was pain

unrequited love in the end

there was misery, 

everlasting empathy 

visions of me

pain is the beginning 

and the end

page one

is always

the hardest page

even when I put

my 35K gold pen to

pink paper,

in private,

it still runs

out of ink

could this be

pen of year?"

35K GOLD is a special series where the author thoughtfully reflects on 35 years of life. She realizes she was born an imperfect poet with a perfect pen in book 1, channels adversity in love and life by changing her ink in book 2. The series beautifully ends by exploring her love for roses and scribes the hidden thoughts of roses and pain of their thorns in book 3, if a rose could talk. Bre Ashley's 35K gold pen is refined, reflective, and indestructible in 35K gold.