From making the cave paintings in Lascaux all the way to filming TikTok videos, humans have always told stories in one way or another. But have you ever gone back and looked at your previous work? Did you almost die from the embarrassment? Did all the mistakes you now know to avoid stick out like a sore thumb? That's good, because it means you've grown in the meantime! However, that doesn't mean that there wasn’t anything worth appreciating about the original.Behind the sadness in their eyes, I could see God is a poignant debut anthology of poetry, short stories, and essays reflecting on nearly two decades of writing. What started with a poem about the death of a loved cousin, evolved into a lifelong practice to make sense of all of life’s trials and tribulations, both big and small. From existential dread to coming to terms with one's gender identity, and from the struggle to get up in the morning to the hope for a better future, the stories in this book are an emotional journey to reconnect with previous versions of ourselves and rediscover the things about them that are worth loving.