fluent in a language you never tried to learn

Raw. Defiant. Unapologetically human.

This collection of poems is a fierce exploration of what it means to live in a body that refuses to fit society’s narrow definitions of “normal.” With unflinching honesty and lyrical power, it gives voice to experiences too often silenced: tics mistaken for aggression, wheelchairs mistaken for weakness, neurodivergence mistaken for disruption, chronic illness mistaken for failure.

These poems rage against pity dressed up as praise, dismantle the language that cages disabled lives, and carve out space for joy, complexity, and survival. They weave together Tourette’s, autism, FND, chronic pain, mobility aids, and mental health—not as tragedies, but as truths, rhythms, and resistances.

For anyone who has ever been misunderstood, mislabeled, or made invisible, this book is both a mirror and a megaphone. It demands that the world not only see disabled and neurodivergent lives but listen—to the music, the fury, the beauty, and the brilliance within them.

Bold, political, and deeply personal, this is poetry that refuses to whisper. It speaks back. It blooms. It belongs