These books are tiny, fragile, microcosms of my life that I wanted to share.
Misplaced
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When Aspyn gets kidnapped by one of the biggest pimps known to East Riverside, her life completely turns inside out. She learns the skills needed for survival and enters a world of unraveling chaos. Not only does she have to comply with a lifestyle that she didn’t sign up for, she has to figure out how to escape and go back to the life that she once lived. This epic poem has become an outlet for the voices under captivity and brings awareness of injustices in society. Through Aspyn’s journey, she learns the value of life itself and realizes that not all stories end with a happily ever after.
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Book #1 : Amazon
The Joy of Forgetting
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This book is for the girls who stay up wondering what went wrong, a part of me feels the need to tell you that the right kind of love is sweeter than fiction. I promise it’ll find you. Every poem in this book represents a different part of who I was, who I am, and who I will continue to be; The girl who hates what she sees in the mirror, the jaded romantic, and then the hopeless romantic. The girl who doesn’t know what she believes in and the girl who made her high school self-proud. This book is very special to me. Mostly because I wrote it with so much rage and despair. It’s things I ruminate on, fixate, miss, cry, regret, relive, and overcome. And it’s a tiny declaration to the world that I am a writer, first and foremost. So here it is, a collection of poems so that I can remember...and forget.
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Book #3: Amazon
Placed
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Now that Aspyn is back home, she has multiple things to carry, but throughout her journey, she can’t seem to find her balance. With Gray still on the loose, she goes through a roller coaster of unraveling chaos. Aspyn must learn to choose friendship and family. She must learn to choose hope. She must learn to choose joy and most importantly, she must choose to live. This is the journey of Aspyn, surviving in despair but moving forward with grace. This is her heart, in your hands, this is her hurting, her loving, her breaking, and of course, her healing.
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Book #2: Amazon
Anything but linear
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As Nevaeh adjusts to a life that’s all new, she finds herself trying to communicate something incommunicable. She tries to explain something inexplicable, to tell something she only feels in her bones. And to form words to describe something that could only be experienced in those bones.
Wanting to feel something without having to think about it, Ezekiel ventures off, unconsciously in fear, needing to get out. He’s done with the claustrophobia and frustrations of understanding. A character mixed with wanderlust, and a blend of confessional bedroom soul, he is easily unseated with what he's done.
There are two sides to everything. It’s the ups and downs of existence, a duality that is a blithe brush-off or a sincere plea.
This coming-of-age story is tender. It’s realistic, the angst, the pining, the yearning, the understanding, and love.
A story of what it is to be human. And a place to release what one feels on the inside. -
Book #4: Amazon
Until The Sun Seeps
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Recently, I’ve been heart-sitting for my best friend as she navigates a devastating loss. Through her, I’ve learned so much about grief. There isn’t an antidote or vaporub for the ache it brings, but there are words, friends, and cinnamon rolls to soften the bad days.
As months passed, I became hyper-sensitive to her reactions. My heart began to throb when I’d see her miss a meal or when I’d watch the way she’d comb her hair. She was so fragile and flaky. Her closure didn’t come at once, rather it came in waves.
This new story captures the tenderness of female friendships along with exploring themes of grief, change, and acceptance.
I hope it moves you as deeply as it shows you that love can always heal. -