Creature of the Stairs

This collection of 21 poems is arranged as a stream of consciousness, navigating the unique yet universal experience of becoming. The poems begin in the quiet confusion of familial spaces, questioning one’s place, one’s worth, and identity. They rise into the crescendo of an all-consuming despair, before softening into the presence of love - which, as all things do, leaves just as quickly as it comes. Loss seeps in, but it doesn’t stay. Instead, the collection closes with a quiet, palpable relief in the act of letting go. This book was written for those who’ve lived in the in-between. I hope you find comfort, love, and company in my quiet corners of becoming.