The Road Back to Myself is a powerful poetic journey through loss, breaking, surrender, and rebirth. In this deeply moving collection, Jamaican poet and author Poetess Defy traces the winding path from grief to healing, from silence to voice, from emptiness back to self.

Through five transformative stages-Shock, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, and Acceptance-Defy writes with honesty, rhythm, and spiritual clarity. Her poems illuminate the quiet battles we fight within, the shadows we learn to name, and the courage it takes to rise again after life has stripped us bare.

With the lyrical strength of Maya Angelou and the emotional resonance of contemporary women's poetry, The Road Back to Myself offers readers: