Litany of Trauma: Fragments of Memory, Survival, and Becoming

Litany of Trauma: Fragments of Survival, Memory, and Becoming is a deeply intimate collection of poetry that traces the quiet, persistent echoes of trauma within the body, the mind, and the soul.

Through raw and unflinching language, Allison Fortier explores what it means to live in the aftermath of pain-where memory lingers in physical sensation, where identity fractures under the weight of what has been endured, and where healing is neither linear nor guaranteed.

These poems move through the terrain of fear, shame, dissociation, and survival, giving voice to experiences often left unspoken. Each piece reflects the tension between breaking and enduring, between silence and the longing to be seen.

Yet within the darkness, there remains a thread-subtle but unyielding-of becoming.

Not a sudden transformation, but a slow and deliberate reclaiming of self. A recognition that survival itself is not the end of the story.

This collection is for those who have known what it is to carry what cannot be easily named-and who are still, somehow, here.

• trauma-informed writing
• reflective poetry
• faith-rooted healing narratives