Healing & Becoming
Poetry about surviving, rebuilding, learning yourself again, and becoming someone new without pretending the bruises never happened.
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A poem about appetite disappearing for days, returning all at once, and the shame that can live on both sides of hunger.
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A poem about recognizing a pattern after hearing the same story from other survivors.
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At 4:17 a.m., insomnia becomes a place filled with blue light, old memories, invented disasters, and a brain that keeps striking matches.
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A poem about the quiet moment love finally leaves after surviving too much.
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Laughter becomes a survival response when tears have already been spent on grief, courtrooms, and battles that mattered more.
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A letter to the woman behind the screenshots, reminding her that laughter can be armor and survival can look nothing like people expect.
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What looked like calm was exhaustion sharpened into survival—the decision to save precious energy for children, court dates, and the future.
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Basgiath is dangerous, but at least its fear has wings; anxiety is rarely that considerate.
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After the screen goes dark, ordinary life keeps demanding dishes, babies, dogs, and the quiet endurance mothers somehow find.
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Sam Cortland’s courage becomes a mirror for anxiety: bravery was never the absence of fear, only the choice to keep moving with it.
