Built From Staying

Some stories are not born in safety. They are built from staying. Built from Staying is a collection of poems about what it means to survive what was never meant to be carried—and still choose softness. It is about inherited silences, the shapes we’re forced into, the love we search for, and the moment we finally return to ourselves. In these pages, you will find the ache of girlhood, the becoming of womanhood, the weight of motherhood, and the quiet, unshakable power of choosing to stay. For anyone who has ever felt too much, too loud, or not enough— you were never meant to disappear. You were meant to become.