From the invocation
I’m so grateful you arrived safe.
I don’t know what you encountered on your way,
but I see some bumps and bruises.
I see the scratches.
I have salve in my cabinets.
I know how to dress wounds.
Just before you enter
take off your shoes.
Wash your hands.
Meet me in the kitchen.
This is not a gentle read about healing.
It is a ceremony.
Towards what hurt is the way home.
The offering
This book will give you back words you didn’t know were missing.
For too long the world has insisted that healing must be quiet, individual, contained, completed. That worthiness must be suffered for, proven.
This book refuses. These are poems that do not flinch. That witness. That burn. That restore.
What you carry is not yours alone. What you do with it, what you choose to touch, transform, give, love, that is entirely yours.
This book is for the hurt and the healed. For survivors and seekers. For anyone who has chosen to stay awake in a world that rewards numbness.
Towards what hurt is the way home.
From the collection
was the same as
running from the remedy.
It wasn’t until I went
towards what hurt
that I found
the means to heal.
adria moses
A ceremony in three movements
I
The Portal Opens
Before the fire, before the return, the arrival. Who you are when you come in. The preparation. The opening of the body to what is about to happen.
II
The Wildfire
The wound, the scar, the body that kept score. Illness. Loss. Survival. The cost of living in a world that would prefer your harm. What burns and what remains.
III
The Return
Coming home. Not back to who you were, forward to who you are becoming. Love. Softness. The radical act of belonging to yourself again.
Adria Moses
adriamoses.comTowards What Hurt
September 8, 2026 · $20 USD
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