Sitting in Darkness: Poetry from a Soon-to-Be Ex-Wife (PDF)

A debut collection of dark, intense, raw, honest and sad poems about navigating the emotional turmoil following the breakdown of a marriage and feeling the horror of a mother "jumping ship." Everyone told her she was brave to walk away, but the real bravery was the decision to choose herself. With the metaphorical weight of the world on her shoulders, Monica explores the depths of human existence including anger, pain, resentment, heartbreak, sadness, searching for answers, and often feeling like she was the monster. Poems written on her Notes, frantically trying to process what was happening to her, as she walked on eggshells in unchartered territory and tiptoed around elephants.