A Life Lived: her name means victory.

A Life Lived: her name means victory. is a first person account through the lens of poetry. This book of poems provides a foundation to explore the complexity of having ones life built up and then completely scattered over the course of five years. The ability to face ones truth- no matter how difficult- is core of this epoch. On one fateful Friday evening at a University Emergency Room, a choice was given and made. By accepting the pain treatment of Dilaudid, chaos ensued. And a life, once...