unseen

a poetry collection.preorders open now · the book drops october 25
from the bookunseen · the title poem · page 38
you never think it'll be you.
until you're staring at the black eye
staring back at you.
you'll question, how did i get here?
stillness eventually forces you
to face the truth.
the heated arguments.
the gaslighting.
the manipulation.
the cruelty.
each domino falling
until the facade collapses.
the rest is in the book ↓
Desireé Fayedesireé faye

the words that were hardest to say.an excerpt from the title poem, read aloud

i almost didn't share this one. embarrassment is loud. i pressed record anyway.

for the woman who…has been carrying it quietly.

still asks herself, how did i get here?unseen
made shrinking herself a habitrecipe
doesn't know who she is now that it's overnew tea
carries what was never hers to carrygenerational cycles
is tired of being the one who has it all togetherinsane
unseen — cover
dedication
the collection
the collection, continued
family ties
family ties, continued
loop
loop, continued
the rest is yours to read.
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the scripture that keeps me going

"for i know the plans i have for you."

jeremiah 29:11

unseenfrom $19.99 · drops october 25

desireé faye

Desireé Faye
right now, with meupdated most weeks. hover a tape.
on repeat
Masego
music is how my family got through things. it still is.
recommended reading
Becoming
michelle obama.
a line i'm sitting with
que será, será.
whatever will be, will be.
current obsession
90s & timeless chic
fashion, specifically. the looks that never dated.

i'm the 9-to-5 tech girlie. thirteen years in insurance, an AI product manager by day — who happens to be a writer, a vibe coder, and someone who can't stop starting creative projects.

from the day my mom found my diary in middle school to my thirty-something self today, i've had an iphone and a stack of notebooks full of the same thing: me, writing it down. somewhere along the way i realized not every experience was meant to stay between me and God. some of them were meant for my community.

since then: i've moved states more times than i planned. started an open mic that's still running today. been on a few tv shows. built a children's publishing house. and this is my second poetry book.

lessons from my 20sthe short version. the long version is on tuesdays.

  1. you can't build self-worth out of accomplishments. i tried. it doesn't hold.
  2. if your body pulls away from someone, that's information. listen before your head talks you out of it.
  3. don't fall in love with who he could be. love who shows up, or don't.
  4. a boundary doesn't need anyone's agreement to be real.
  5. some seasons end before you're ready. leave anyway. grieve later.
  6. you don't have to know how it works out. that part was never yours.

where the book was written

jersey→ georgia→ california→ boston
and, alone, with a notebook: ghana· colombia· egypt· costa rica

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act ii

unseen

preorders open now · drops october 25
unseen

the second collection. about re-discovery: the woman you were before it all, and the work of finding her again. poems for the parts you've been carrying quietly.

hardcover$24.99signed, with a handwritten note from mesoftcover$19.99ebook$19.99
act i

transformation

the first collection · a black wombman's journey to self-discovery · available now
transformation

the first collection. about self-discovery: written while it was still happening, a black wombman's journey back to herself.

softcover$19.99ebook$19.99