Fearful Avoidant: Poems for the Ones Learning to Stay A collection for the ones who run, hurt, panic, soften, and try again. This book is a journey through the emotional DNA of a fearful avoidant heart. The push and pull. The craving and retreating. The longing for love while fearing what it might cost. Inside these pages lives the child who learned to survive instead of rest, the adult trying to rewrite patterns wired in fear, and the version of you who finally believes they are worthy of staying. These poems do not promise perfection. They promise honesty. Growth. And the slow, steady returning to yourself. If you have ever loved deeply but braced for loss, if you have ever flinched at kindness, if you have ever tried to walk away from the love you wanted most, these pages will feel like home.