Women Hold the Flame

Women Hold the Flame is a book that doesn't soften itself to be palatable. It tells the truth the way women have always carried it raw, unfiltered, and still burning. These poems and prose pieces were written for every woman who has ever been told to smile, to stay quiet, or to take less than she deserves. This book is for women in all seasons of life: single and married, divorced and widowed, partnered or not, mothers and women who are not mothers, by choice or by circumstance. It is for the women who are still searching, and for those who are done apologizing for existing exactly as they are.

Inside these pages you'll find both the rage of survival and the tenderness of healing. You'll hear echoes of your own story, see the weight you've carried in silence, and finally have the words you've wanted to say out loud.

This book will not ask you to shrink, to settle, or to prove yourself to anyone. It will remind you of what you already know deep down: you were always enough.

For readers who have felt seen in the words of Rupi Kaur, Drew Afualo, or Amanda Lovelace, Women Hold the Flame is more than a book. It is a reckoning, a safe place to land, and a reminder that you do not need permission to choose yourself. And if you've ever wondered whether you are too much, too loud, too demanding, or too broken, let this be the answer: you are none of those things. You are fire. And the fire was always yours.