permission to be a poet

Growing up is strange.

You don't have bills to pay or a family to raise.

You haven't seen the worst of the world.

And yet, everything still feels like the end of it.

Written across her teenage years, Permission to Be a Poet gathers poems from those in-between seasons - between losing and learning, doubt and discovery, silence and self-expression. These pages trace identity, vulnerability, love, self-doubt, and the quiet aftermath of feeling too much.

This is not a celebration of flawlessness. It is permission.

Permission for the girl who felt too deeply.

For the thoughts once hidden out of embarrassment.

For emotions that were chaotic, messy, aching - and still real.

What began in fragments of confusion and intensity slowly became a quiet act of courage: the act of not postponing oneself.

Tender, honest, and introspective, this debut collection invites readers to see parts of themselves in its pages - and to give those parts permission to exist too.