Fading

This book is the therapy written poetry book by writer and musician Raven Oak. Filled with seven years of poetry, this book explores the depth and pain in surviving both rape and abuse. The book is divided into four chapters or sections, with each section of poetry becoming darker in subject manner than the last. The back cover of the book demonstrates the "darkness" of this poetry book through the sketch of a ghost hanging by a noose. While the book is dedicated to multiple people, the book is also dedicated to Tempest Smith, a 12 year-old girl from Lincoln Park, Michigan who committed suicide by hanging. The reason for her suicide was bullying by classmates. Being a survivor of an attempted rape, author Raven Oak is a member of RAINN. This book donates to RAINN, the Rape, Abuse, & Incest National Network.