The Shimmer Project is my constellation of becoming—a collection of poems about rediscovering my light and learning to carry it in new ways. When I began writing these, I had forgotten my own shimmer—the quiet warmth that once lived beneath my skin, the small, steady glow that made life feel like mine again, helping me believe in tomorrow. I often felt the ache of that forgotten light, a soft pulse beneath everything, reminding me I was still here even when I felt lost to myself. It was as though a small part of me kept glowing in secret, patiently waiting for my hands to remember how to hold it. Each poem became a way of listening back to that light, of remembering how it feels to be softly alive in ways I thought I’d lost. Every piece glows with quiet wonder, tracing my own journey through fear and reflection, loss and renewal, until the shimmer within me found its way home. Mystical and deeply personal, this work is my ode to transformation—to the courage it takes to shine differently, and the grace of learning to be my own light in an ever-changing cosmos.