Roots, Wings, and Wilted Leaves

Roots, Wings, and Wilted Leaves is a heartfelt poetry collection by Sheli Rae McCart that explores the beauty, pain, strength, and complexity of family.

Through honest and emotional poems, the author reflects on generations, childhood memories, sibling bonds, motherhood, grief, forgiveness, healing, and the lasting impact of love. Some poems celebrate family as a source of comfort, laughter, and belonging, while others gently uncover the weight of loss, brokenness, trauma, and difficult rela...