Feelings They Called Me Dramatic For

These poems were written by someone who was called dramatic when she was drowning.

This collection lives in the aftermath of loving the wrong people, being silenced by those who should have protected you, and learning-slowly and painfully-how to stay. The poems move through emotional abuse, gaslighting, grief, motherhood, and survival, capturing what it feels like to be told your pain is an overreaction while you're quietly fighting to remain alive.

These are poems about cracks, stains, light stolen and reclaimed, waves that almost pulled you under, and the choice to keep breathing anyway. They speak for the ones who feel everything deeply, who were dismissed instead of held, and who learned to save themselves when no one else came.

This is not a story about healing neatly.
It's about enduring honestly.
About choosing to stay.
About breaking cycles.
About surviving what was never supposed to be survived.