In January 2021, Instagram followers were invited to message author David Tensen with a life story they wanted made into a poem.
David Tensen.
Instead, I\'ll be in the forest forging new paths through forgiveness and a fog of grief, vowing to love myself more than you ever did.
I\'ve been tempted, more than once, to nest in the wreckage but you won\'t find me there.
Trunk, now splintered, piercing those who dare to pry, remind me of your unrepentant reasoning.
Roots, now exposed, shamefully waving at passers-by, remind me of what was sown in secret.
Leaves strewn like confetti on our wedding day.
Branches broken.
Torn from the earth.
I assumed this was our path, and perhaps it was, but the storm - that was your betrayal.
It features in the chapter, \'On Marriage\' FOR THE ONE WHO WAS BETRAYED (To the betrayer) There is a tree by our home that fell in a storm on the path I walked to belonging.
His best-selling debut 2020 collection, \'The Wrestle\', is also available worldwide The following is a poem from the collection.
This is David\'s second poetry collection.
This special collection of 25 poems is a tribute to the common loss and hope we all share.
Drawing from deep empathy, and with a desire to give dignity and voice to those often shamed and ostracised, David Wrote a collection of poems every day for twenty-one days.
More than 60 people Wrote in with stories spanning divorce, loss, trauma, parenting, ableism, same-sex attraction, suicide, PTSD, parenting, religious shame and more.
In January 2021, Instagram followers were invited to message author David Tensen with a life story they wanted made into a poem
