title: Welcome To Heartbreak: A collection of poems, short stories, and affirmations about love, life & heartbreak.
author:  Nancy Arroyo Ruffin 
description: Nancy Arroyo Ruffin is a New York City born and bred Puertoriquea. Raised on the rough streets of Brooklyn during the 80s. As a writer, poet, and spoken word performer Nancy is breaking down barriers one stone at a time. She does it all with her voice and determination to inspire, build, create, educate, nurture, support and empower one person at a time. She believes "that the only limits that exist are those that we impose on ourselves. Anything we set our minds to is possible. Nancy is a graduate of Bernard Baruch College where she earned a B.A. in Accounting and an MBA in Healthcare Management. She is currently enrolled in the Master of Fine Arts Program in Creative Writing at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Her literary work has been published in the on-line magazines Sofrito for Your Soul, The Daily Voice, and The Brooklyn Rail. Her work will also be appearing in the upcoming anthology Joy Interrupted: An Anthology about Motherhood and Loss published by Fat Daddy Farm Press in early 2013. Nancy is a Cave Canem Workshop Alum and has performed at various venues throughout NYC including but not limited to Capicu Poetry and Cultural Showcase, Babble in the Bronx, The CreativeINK Poetry Series, La Loba Poetry Series, the Lolita Bar, The Nuyorican Poets Caf and as a feature at El Museo del Barrios Speak Up poetry event. Nancy is the creator and main contributor of welcometohartbreak.com where she writes about life and relationships. Welcome to Heartbreak: A collection of poems, short stories and affirmations about love, life, and heartbreak is her first published book and she is currently working on a novel. Nancy currently is the Associate Director of Ambulatory Care Operations at Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx which is a part of the New York City Health &amp; Hospitals Corporation. She lives in Bergenfield, New Jersey with her husband and daughter. For more info on the author visit www.welcometohartbreak.com
zlib_text: Heartbreaks at 3 a.m.
  Poetry for the Broken Hearted
  Kim V. Poetry
  
  Copyright © 2021 Kim V. Poetry
  All rights reserved
  The characters and events portrayed in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons, living or
  dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author.
  No part of this book may be reproduced, or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or
  by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without express written
  permission of the publisher.
  ISBN-13: 9798594217348
  Cover design by: Art Painter
  Library of Congress Control Number: 2018675309
  Printed in the United States of America
  
  I dedicate this to you, the Reader. You have been with me from the very beginning, and I am
  ever so grateful for you. Let's continue on our journey to the beyond together.
  Love,
  Your Friendly Neighborhood Angsty 
  Poetry Girl
  
  Contents
   
  Title Page
  Copyright
  Dedication
  Introduction
  Heartbreaks at 3 a.m.
  Before 3 a.m.
   Fate
  Fantasies
  Love is
  Empty 