Beneath every dream lies a pulse. Beneath every desire, a map. Paper Skies is a luminous collection that follows the quiet rebellions of the heart-its longings, its tremors, its fierce insistence on imagining more even when the world feels impossibly small. These poems unfold in the intimate spaces between who we were and who we dare to become, tracing the fragile architecture of yearning with tenderness, clarity, and fire.Talia B. Talia invites the reader into a landscape shaped by breath, memory, and instinct. Here, desire is not a warning but a compass; dreams are not escape but inheritance. Through lyric reflections and evocative storytelling, she explores how we navigate the spaces between hope and hesitation, between what we reach for and what reaches back. Each poem becomes a small sky-thin enough to see through, strong enough to hold the weight of a life being reimagined.Paper Skies is a book for anyone who has ever stood at the edge of their own becoming, unsure whether to leap or linger. It is for those who have outgrown their pasts but still feel the tug of old versions of themselves. It is for those learning to trust their own hunger, their own softness, their own capacity to rise again and again.Within these pages, you will find permission. You will find mirrors. You will find the quiet truth that dreaming is an act of courage-and desire, when honored, becomes the first step toward a life that finally fits.