The Softest Blade: The Heavy, The Half-Way, and The Healing [Print Replica] Kindle Edition

The Softest Blade: The Heavy, The Half-Way, The HealingA blade can wound, or it can carve a path to light.What if the same pain that broke you also became the reason you healed?The Softest Blade is a raw and hauntingly beautiful poetry collection that explores the journey from buried truth to self-acceptance. Through three parts (The Heavy, The Half-Way, and The Healing), Matina Alexis traces a path from early childhood repressed trauma and Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures (PNES) to remembrance, reclamation, and rebirth.As Dr. Lorna Myers, Director of the PNES Program at the Northeast Regional Epilepsy Group, writes in the foreword:“This compilation of poems speaks keenly to any reader, but I believe it will be especially meaningful to those who have been touched by nonepileptic seizures and psychological trauma.”These poems give voice to what the body remembers when the mind had to protect itself. They speak to anyone who has ever felt silenced, misunderstood, or suspended between who they were and who they are becoming.With honesty and grace, Alexis captures the ache of what was once forgotten and the strength it takes to live in its wake.For readers from all walks of life, including survivors, seekers, dreamers, and healers, this book offers a mirror, a hand, and a place to rest.Because healing isn’t about avoiding the blade.It’s about discovering that even something sharp can cut through the dark and make room for your light. Read more