The Night Talks

"Do I covet the bruise today or cover it?"

Through five chapters, this collection of poetry takes the reader on a journey through the long night, using elements of myth, horror, religion and bittersweet hope to give voice to the invisible, the past, our beliefs and ourselves. Exploring themes of love, friendship, abuse, loss and that unending hope that lives within us. Identity; losing our sense of self in a rapidly changing world, the unreliability of faith and our complex relationship with death.

The Night Talks pits the person against the intangible thing that makes us question ourselves in the dark, and let's us win, sometimes:

"Why does the world expect
so much
of such ordinary bones?
Abandon these unreasonable expectations
and leave to rest
your bold endeavours.

Put to sleep
your capitalist soul
and allow yourself to breathe
for no reason."

—This book contains poems about domestic violence, namely Runaway and Husk.