Becoming
The moments we question everything.
About the book
For the in-between
Beautifully Confusing is the debut poetry collection from Yael Frai, written over two years while she built a career in technology and venture capital.
It began as a private outlet: an honest attempt to process ambition, identity, heartbreak, and the quiet act of becoming. Some poems are deeply personal. Others are fictionalized, overheard, or imagined. All of them reflect the emotional truth of someone learning to live honestly.
It's for readers in transition, whether you're letting go, beginning again, or simply learning to be. It asks you to sit with uncertainty, embrace your contradictions, and find beauty in discomfort.
To live is to remember: even confusion can be beautiful.
Three sections with musings on personal growth
Breaking
The seasons we fall apart.
Building
The strength it takes to rebuild.
The author
Yael Frai
Yael Frai writes poetry alongside a career in technology and venture capital. Beautifully Confusing is her first book, a collection she wrote for herself before she wrote it for anyone else.
She shares new work and readings on Instagram, and more of her writing lives on her site.
- PublishedJuly 4, 2025
- Print length281 pages
- Trim size5.5 × 8.5 in
- LanguageEnglish
- ISBN-13979-8281667791