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The Flower and the Blade [Available on Amazon]
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  • Parts 24
  • Time 13m
Complete, First published Sep 06
Mature
A bloom born from bruises. A blade that remembers softness.

The Flower and the Blade is more than poetry, it's a journey through trauma, heartbreak, and the quiet, fierce resilience that rises in the wake of pain. These poems grow from the heaviest silences, the wounds that never fully healed, now bursting wild, tender, and unapologetically sharp.

This collection is an ode to strength in vulnerability, a dance between fragility and power. It holds space for the quiet moments when breaking seemed inevitable, and the defiant heartbeat that chose to keep going anyway.

A tribute to the girl I was, the one who should have been broken beyond repair, yet rose with trembling hands and a voice finding its way. A girl who learned to feel, to speak, to fight, and ultimately, to bloom against all odds.

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