Daughter of Ash & Echo

Daughter of Ash & Echo
a collection of poetry and prose by @wherethesadthingsare

"some things aren't survived-
just carried quieter over time."

This is not just about her.
It's about everything that came after.

The breaking didn't end in childhood.
It simply changed shape.

This collection is a graveyard of every version of me that didn't make it-
a girl grown in silence,
a woman haunted by memory,
a heart stitched together with grief and rage and whatever scraps were left.

These pages hold:
• the sting of mother-wounds,
• the hollow ache of love turned cruel,
• the isolation of being unheard, unseen, untouched in the ways that mattered,
• the exhaustion of trying to keep going when it still hurts to breathe.

It's about abandonment.
It's about betrayal.
It's about being a soft thing in a world that keeps sharpening its teeth.

But it's also about surviving,
even if survival doesn't look like healing.
Even if the echo is all that's left.

I am the daughter of ash and echo-
not whole, but still here.

TRIGGER WARNINGS
This collection contains themes and mentions of the following:
• Childhood abuse (emotional, verbal)
• Toxic family dynamics
• Gaslighting and psychological manipulation
• Trauma responses
• Mental health struggles (depression, anxiety)
• Self-worth and identity crisis
• Implied self-harm
• Grief, isolation, and emotional neglect
Please read with care. Your safety matters.