Her power lies in rising above the abuse, rising each time someone tries to suppress her, rising to survive, rising to heal herself and break free from the traumatic relationship. She goes on to relate the truth behind abusive relationships and how it cannot destroy a woman. She talks about creating positive body images by loving and accepting oneself in more poems than one. In a poem titled, “Unlearning”, she says, “Womanhood/is rich with unlearning,” where to be a woman, one needs to forget all the narratives given to women and instead create their own glorious ones. Here, she alludes to the internalisation of the patriarchal thoughts and asks her readers to unlearn what has been taught to them. Gill raises several important questions related to gender-based oppression and guides her female readers to break free from it. One can make the best of what one has only if one realises its true worth. The poet uses this example to let her readers understand that solitude is not a curse. The latter sheds light on the planet, Venus who despite being lonely shines “brilliantly”. The Sun loves her, “Whether she is in fractions/or she is whole.” She tells the readers to aim for such a love that lets you be who you are and loves your imperfections as much as your perfections. In this poem, Gill compares the Sun to a male lover and the Moon to the beloved. The former talks about the unconditional devotion that the Sun has for the Moon. The two most compelling Universe poems in this collection are “The Sun and The Moon” and “Venus”. The poet draws images and metaphors from the cosmic world to bring hope in the human lives.She writes at length about the human condition by comparing it to the elements of the universe. One of the major themes of this book is the placing of the individual in the universe. She does not try to ornate her poetry with fancy words. The power of her poetry lies in its simplicity. The reason why she became a social media sensation is that she writes about the human experiences that each one of us can relate to. The book cover has the shadow of the female body surrounded by a galaxy of stars which paves the way the book must be read. Nikita Gill, a sensational poet in the world of social media, takes her readers on a journey of life where the starting point is Despair and the destination is Hope in her latest book, Wild Embers: Poems of Rebellion, Fire and Beauty. With powerful poems about female rebellion, Nikita Gill deals with engagement of the individual with the cosmic forces and takes the reader from anguish to action, writes SHWETA DUSEJA
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