We have all been heartbroken. Whether by a person or an event, we all know this crippling feeling of loss. In her inaugural collection of poetry, Megan Davis takes us on the journey of a person trying to make sense of life utilizing her own personal heartbreak. In the immediacy of this hurt, she takes that visceral pain and acrimony that she feels toward someone else, and turns it on herself to excavate these pieces inside and the intersections of the things that makes her who she is. Stripping back one layer at a time, and ultimately using this cataclysmic experience, not as a moment for life to break her, but as an opportunity to break herself open and examine which pieces of herself are true and authentic, which pieces have been placed there from society and which pieces she can free herself from altogether. This is a story about love, but not about loving another person – a story about loving yourself enough to heal and be free.
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About the Book
It is often the things that we think will break us that end up causing us to grow the most. This 180-page poetry collection, which has achieved Amazon Bestseller status as the #1 bestseller un the “LGBTQ+ Poetry (Books),” “Inspirational Poetry” and “Poetry About Death” categories, is a candid reflection on heartache, loss, and the difficult work of self-examination to uncover unhealed wounds. With topics ranging from love to spirituality, grief to psychology, Davis’s poetry is an outpouring of emotion that balances the deeply personal with the universality of the human experience. As the sections of the collection progress, readers move through phases of the author’s life alongside her, from heartbreak and anger to battles with addiction, through to growing self-acceptance, connection with others, and ultimately, a sense of empowerment built on a perseverance and a willingness to engage with pain as a source of strength. Beautifully written and poignantly capturing the internal battles faced by many, Davis’s poems are a touching portrait of the things that hurt us – and the ways these damaging experiences can be alchemized into sources of hope and growth.
About Megan Davis
Megan Davis is most known to audiences world-wide from her recent portrayal of Amber Heard in the Fox movie “Hot Take: The Depp/Heard Trial” based off of the sensational real life court case between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard that captivated the world. She was also seen on TV in shows such as “American Horror Story,” “Two Broke Girls,” and “Bones.” Megan’s resilience and dedication to storytelling have earned her recognition, including a nomination for Best Actress at the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards. With her compilation of highly personal and inspirational poetry, Megan Davis doesn’t hold back and the results are raw, thought-provoking, and provocative. Davis initially began writing poetry in lieu of journaling, using creative writing as a way to process tumultuous feelings of attraction, loneliness, struggles with mental health, her relationship with spirituality, and the suffering faced by people around the world. She wrote the poems without intending to share them with an audience, and the palpable honesty in each piece of work reflects the author’s approach to poetry as a personal catharsis.
F r o m t h e a u t h o r . . .
I firmly believe that bios are stupid. Nobody cares what the name of my first dog was (it was Gretchen, by the way) or what elementary school I went to (Eliot Elementary in Tulsa, Oklahoma). It certainly won’t help to decide if the book is worth buying. I kind of think that art is art. It is either something that resonates with you and you like or not. And I’m ok with that. But in an effort to stop being yelled at by the amazing team around me helping me to put this art out into the world, I will definitely say this: I grew up not having a clue how to handle the emotion and the turbulence I felt inside. I turned to alcohol and drugs at a very young age and after ending up in handcuffs instead of college after high school graduation, I had very few options left in life. I had to get sober. But the problem was that all of those insurmountable waves of emotion were even bigger not, and I didn’t know how to handle them. So I began to write. I was obsessed with poetry as a kid, and would sometimes even sleep with certain anthologies under my pillow. I committed these rhymes and verses to memory. Their rhythm became a part of the emotional dialogue within me, so when I would sit down to write and get my feelings out of myself and onto paper, poetry is what would come out. I don’t know if you’ll like it. I hope that you do. But more importantly, I hope that it helps in some way.
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