Life Interrupted
(By D.L. Heather)
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Transforming pain - physical and emotional - into strength and inspiration.
A beautifully written interpretation of a lifetime of pain – physical and emotional – in a world that refuses to acknowledge it.
D.L. Heather suffered from chronic pain just for being born a woman and was forced to suffer longer than necessary simply because her cries were left unheard, unattended to, and disbelieved. This led to her feeling stripped of her humanity, devalued, humiliated, still in pain, and questioning her sanity.
Rather than being broken by this torturously long and testing experience, the author decides to stand up for herself and for every other woman who’s ever felt like her and wasn’t heard. After being voiceless for so long, D.L. Heather becomes the voice for others through her poetry.
The small collection deals with pain, trauma, depression, medical neglect and gaslighting, infertility, guilt, loneliness, and isolation. The words people had refused to hear from the writer resurface as eloquent prose that skillfully transport the reader into the dark hole she’s been trapped in all her life, without neglecting to offer a beautiful, warm light at the end of the tunnel that is her burning hope and other women’s strength and inspiration.
Ms. Heather doesn’t shy away from admitting her journey with her illness and pain is far from over and that many women will continue to suffer, but she uses her experience to highlight how comforting and relieving it is to be heard, to be believed, to know what is actually wrong and that it isn’t only in your head just because other people can’t feel it.
The art work implemented in the book is uniquely befitting and absolutely beautiful and deftly transforms the entire book into a beautiful work of art that can be enjoyed by anyone who’s gone through a similar experience or was neglectfully silenced.
Wishing the poet behind the work and anyone going through pain a quick recovery and a beautiful life!
Originally published by Fatima Aladdin on Reedsy Discovery”
