<p class="ql-align-justify"><em style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)">Waiting for Scotland</em><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)"> is a poetry collection about reconciling the past with hopes for the future. Within these pages is the direct confrontation between youthful expectations and sobering realities. Born from the labors of deep soul work, it is all at once a comprehensive story and a series of meditations on identity. This collection acknowledges what has come before and how the past contends with a very real and powerful present. Borders-Shoemaker's words declare a hope for a different future, rooted in honesty and compassion.</span></p><p><br></p>