Chaos

<h4><strong>Debuted at #19 in LGBTQ+ Poetry and #28 in Contemporary Poetry on Kindle.</strong></h4><p></p><p><em>what are we / when we look in the mirror? / ourselves? / or the shape / of all the people who left us?</em></p><p></p><p>In <strong>Chaos</strong> Charity Whan writes directly through the disorientation of transformation. After the ending of a marriage and reckoning with a desire that reshaped her understanding of herself Whan examines how identity forms fractures and reforms. This collection of poetry prose and color photography presents as a kind of collage-with generational trauma loss regret sexual identity and the quiet process of reclamation all layering into a single story.</p><p></p><p>These fragments of a life move through heartbreak shame resilience and self-acceptance without sensationalizing any part of the story. Instead they focus on the internal shifts-the moments when a woman realizes she can no longer keep living a version of herself that leaves her unseen.</p><p></p><p>Firmly rooted in lived experience <strong>Chaos</strong> is a collection about honesty embodiment and the moments that force us to confront the truth we've avoided. It offers space for anyone who has ever questioned the life expected of them-and wondered who they might be on the other side.</p>