“In the Making” is a collection of poems about growing into yourself while the world keeps asking you to have it all figured out. It moves through expectations and ambition, friendship and family, mistakes and memories, the ache of what once was, and the unexpected comfort of finding love again. These poems explore the quiet contradictions of becoming: wanting independence while needing people, carrying strength alongside vulnerability, loving someone without losing yourself, and learning that not every chapter needs an answer. This is not a story about having finally arrived. It is about the roads, people, storms, dreams, and  small moments that shape us along the way.