When I Turned Away

When I turned Away is a collection of poems written in the quiet moment of struggle - when faith felt distant, identity felt fractured, and hope flickered but never fully went out.
These poems were born in a season of isolation, anxiety, doubt, and internal war. They do not pretend to have all the answers. Instead, they sit with questions - the heavy ones we often feel but rarely say out loud. Pages filled with unrest, longing, self-confrontation, and the search for meaning reflect what it feels like to be human when life hurts and God feels far away.
Yet woven through the darkness is something steady: the reminder that you are not alone. Even when the heart hardens. Even when the mind turns against itself. Even when it feels easier to walk away than to keep going.
This book is for anyone who has ever felt lost inside their own thoughts, who has battled silence, shame, or exhaustion, and who needs to know that struggle does not disqualify them - it reveals that places where healing can begin [end paragraph]. When I Turned Away is not the story of perfection. It is the story of survival. And ultimately, the quiet beginning of return.