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These pieces speak to the moments when silence is no longer an option, when the weight of toxic relationships and suffocating environments must be set ablaze. At its heart, Burn is about catharsis: screaming out what has been buried, facing the truths that brought you to the edge, and finding release in the ashes. For anyone who has ever felt consumed by pain yet desperate to rise from it, these poems offer both recognition and release—a reminder that destruction can be the first spark of renewal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bae6cfcb914492ba5e18386/1a111892-96c3-4d25-8f00-00f90efc6d11/1.png Books - Bloom (2026) Bloom is a book of soft beginnings. It is a celebration of the courage it takes to open your heart—to risk, to love, to create, to be fully present in the moment. 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Life got full, and somewhere along the way, I forgot this had ever been mine. Six years ago, I picked it back up. Wait... I used to do this a lot, I remember thinking. And just like that, it became an outlet again. A place for my inside to go. A place to unmask and simply be me. Unbroken Pieces gathers that journey, from my earliest writing to midlife. 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