Violence is not about war, crime, or trauma. It is about what precedes and outlasts them. Across five acts, the collection circles violence as a primordial force: older than civilization, indifferent to human presence, larger than any single act. The book does not ask for comfort. It asks for witness.
Violence is structured across five acts, each holding a different face of the force the book names. The scope moves from the cosmic to the civil to the personal, from the violence that formed the universe to the violence a stranger can choose to witness or refuse. The poems do not argue. They observe, and they require the reader to observe alongside them.
Gardener
Across every world that holds an atmosphere,
the work continues.
Land is moved, oceans raised,
mountains worn to plains,
soil turned for what grows next,
warmth given to some,
cold to others.
It does not consider the cost.
It only continues.
What some call a violent storm
irrigates the soil.
What some call a devastating quake
is only a farmer
tilling its land.
Nature is our gardener:
indifferent,
diligent,
and everywhere.
Paperback, 66 pages Published April 13, 2026
Paperback ISBN: 979-8-9957014-1-5
Ebook ISBN: 979-8-9957014-0-8