A Life in Draft

A Life in Draft is a collection of poetry and prose about feeling too much in a world that asks you to be quiet about it. These pieces move through girlhood, memory, mental health, love, and survival, tracing the slow and uneven work of becoming yourself.

The writing shifts between raw confession and sharp observation, lingering on the moments that shape us in private. Late nights. Unsent words. The body remembering what the mind tries to forget. It does not offer easy healing or tidy answers. Instead, it stays close to the feeling, letting pain, tenderness, and longing exist side by side.

This book is for anyone who wakes up already tired, even on good days. For those who carry an undercurrent of restlessness and ache without knowing where to put it. But it is also a book about the things that keep you here. Music in the car. Clean sheets. Unexpected laughter. Being held, even briefly.

These pages are not here to fix you. They are here to sit with you. To name what you have been carrying quietly. To remind you that survival can be soft, and that noticing the small, ordinary moments is sometimes what makes staying possible.