Book Synopsis
A poetic testimony of Black womanhood, survival, softness, and sacred becoming.
“As I Bloom” is not just a poetry book — it’s a diary.
A mirror.
A homegoing and a homecoming.
Told through the unapologetic, soul-bearing voice of a Black daughter learning to name her wounds, hold her softness, and unlearn survival, As I Bloom traces the journey from inherited pain to holy becoming.
This collection is broken into layered chapters —
grief, rage, heartbreak, healing, rebirth, and legacy —
each one blooming through the cracks left by what broke her.
It is a conversation with the mothers who never said “I’m sorry.”
It is a letter to the man she used to beg to see her.
It is a confession. A scream. A prayer. A vow.
It is for every woman who stayed too long,
loved too hard,
was too quiet,
and still rose.
Written in the traditions of the great black women poets, As I Bloom is a poetic offering to the Black girl healing inside every grown woman.
This is for the daughters.
The survivors.
The women who never got an apology.
The ones who stayed.
And the ones who finally left.
You are not too much.
You are just in bloom.