Simply You is the 2016 print publication debut for David Wesley Anderson, featuring a compilation of three previously released poetry e-books. Nostalgia, whispered communication, and organic metaphors are themes found throughout the poems, which are purposely limited to 140 characters. This micropoetry is the foundation of Anderson's creative writing style.
The book opens up with consistent references to quiet winds, whispers, and subtle, often silent, communication between the writer and his muse. They share secrets, hushed moments, and romantic memories together, frequently depending on their eyes and bodies to express love. These poems pave the way for more passionate conflicts and references to the muse being like a tigress, spider, viper, anaconda, and even Medusa herself. Anderson writes with a self-deprecating tone by describing himself as inevitably gravitating to his muse, wanting anything of her and from her, even if it is merely a chance for him to become his muse's leftover bath water. Simply You creates a poetic pedestal for the muse in its first section, leaving the reader wanting to know more about this "bright cosmic being" with unkempt hair, delicious eyes, and stilettos.
Anderson uses subtle erotic innuendos in the second section of the compilation by using figurative language, preserving the poetic integrity of the book. There are traditional themes of "chasing" his beloved, longing to taste her, and lusting for his muse, even though she's still referred to as a lioness and Medusa. The poet frequently invites his muse to unite with him, setting up the third and final section of Simply You by admitting to maniac-like intentions and seeking a balance between the rough and tender subtleties of their shared connection.
This poetry collection bursts with organic metaphors in the final section, ranging from waves, shores, flowers, foothills, tempests, winds, and bridges made of bamboo to stardust, sun, and moon. Anderson paints poems with vivid imagery throughout Simply You and weaves a story through the micropoems. His muse is a "soul changer" and the lovers are fused together in poems about time, serenity, afterlife, and their unknown fate.
