❝You invaded my heart like a storm in the sea, But you left me with waves and broke the barriers in me, I looked for you till blindness overwhelmed my eyes, Did you not care about turning - replying to my cries...❞ [ A Wattpad Featured Story Highest ranking - #3 in poetry ] ❝All poems could be words but not all words could be poems❞ [ Cover by: @Hornsofarebel ]

「 WATTYS 2019 WINNER 」 the failings of a surgically healed heart, is a series of autobiographical poems arranged into six thematic parts to form a collection which examines the idea of the collective and how that informs individual. i. family an exploration of my relationship with the men and boys in my household and how that has worsened, whilst the opposite is true of the rest of my family ii. immigrant an exploration of the immigrant experience and how as the first child of igbo parents; i was the intermediate between the east and west iii. spirituality an exploration of growing up in the catholic faith and an examination of all its faults and hypocrisies. iv. loving an exploration of friendship, artistry, sexuality, failed romance, but most importantly self-love and all it entails. v. womanhood an exploration of how in many ways puberty was a bitter sweet reality check along with everything that it entailed. vi. catharsis a reflection on the worst period of time in my life where, with hindsight, i come to terms with harsh and lovely realities of life and death.

Wattys 2019 Poetry Winner | #1 Epic Poem January 2020 | #1 Epic Poem June 2019 | #1 Americana Nov 2019 & Feb 2021 | Meowza! #1 Animal Fiction Mar 2021 | #1 Animal Fiction August 2021 Seven cats live in Feline Society #337, along with Hooman #1 and Hooman #A. Together, they plan to save Earth from the lizardmen sent by the Babylonian Brotherhood of Proxima Centauri B...but they encounter failure, every time. #5 Conspiracy Theory Oct 18 | #6 Feline Oct 18 | #110 Illuminati Nov 18 | #210 Meow Dec 18 | The Queen Awards Participant The Alicia Awards Participant The Phoenix Awards Participant

A collection of poems, cover by: @itsmarrosee || I am the fray at the end of the yarn, cut from the new blanket, before it becomes a gift.