We’re trained to think truth sounds polished, approved, stamped with a neat little bow. But real truth often shows up wild-haired, out of breath, dragging uncomfortable receipts behind it. This poetry collection is for those of us who didn’t use those chains as weapons: for those who chose love anyway. - SKR A poetry compilation exploring trauma, survival, and the choice to remain soft in a world that rewards hardness. This is not a story of healing as a straight line. It is a record of endurance. Of seeing color where others see ordinary. Of believing that what is worn, scarred, and weathered is not ruined— but valuable because it is still here. This is not a book about revenge. It is about what it takes to stay soft, to keep choosing love, after learning the language of fire.