Reclamation

Here, survival becomes restoration. The speaker doesn’t just get out—he begins to return to himself. We see the reemergence of faith, reimagined as something softer and more authentic. New relationships form. Fatherhood deepens. Healing is claimed without apology. These poems do not rush. They rebuild. They restore gentleness without giving up strength. Peace no longer feels foreign. It begins to feel like something that belongs.

Order of Poems & Prose: False Prophet – Inherited Ruin – Nicotine – Late Night Drives – Sentencing (courtroom prose) – Bullshit – No Contact – Panic – Faithful – Sanctified Silence – Psalm for the Unseen – God Doesn’t Cheat, So Why Did You in His Name? – Letters I’ll Never Send – Embers – Man Enough – The First Time I Didn’t Flinch – Teach Me Love

*Please be advised: This book contains references to physical and emotional abuse, child abuse, gaslighting, suicide threats, and domestic violence. Reader discretion is advised.