Collection: Poems

What happens when you survive what happened to you—but your mind and body are still trying to understand that you survived it?

The Truth About Pain is an autobiography told through my life and the poetry that unknowingly documented it alongside me—from childhood trauma and being deprived of human love, to the ways those wounds followed me into adulthood.

This isn't a story about everything being fixed. It's about finally recognizing what I've been carrying, coming up for air, and holding onto God so I don't drown.

If you've ever survived the past only to find yourself still living through its effects, you may find yourself somewhere in these pages.