The Taste of Smoke
A poetry and prose collection about loving someone through addiction - and surviving it.
Spanning 2020 to 2026, this book traces the lived reality of staying, leaving, relapsing, and trying again. Moving between poems and short prose reflections, it explores childhood trauma, inherited patterns, emotional intensity, and the complicated hope that recovery brings.
These pieces were written in real time - not after everything was resolved, but in the middle of it. They hold the tension of loving someone in active addiction while confronting your own wounds.
Honest and intimate, The Taste of Smoke is for readers drawn to confessional writing, emotional memoir, and stories shaped by resilience.
