I have struggled for most of my life with low self-esteem, finding occasional freedom in art. Once I began writing poetry in 2022, it quickly became a tool to express that inner struggle.

I wrote about the pain of growth, the hardship of an accusing mind, and tried to understand how to put the pieces back together. The product of my wanderings is The Little Leaves of Autumn Blew: a poetic journey through this process.

This book is an odyssey of selfhood. It is the writing through which I found peace of mind, and I hope it impacts others as it is enters the wide world.