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Poetry by Rowan Evans

Tag: raw emotion

  • Every Word I Mean — A Vulnerable Confessional Poem by Rowan Evans

    Rowan Evans

    Author’s Note

    Every Word I Mean is one of the most vulnerable things I’ve written in a while—not because it hides behind metaphor, but because it refuses to.
    I’m used to expressing the deepest truths in symbols, shadows, and lyrical disguises. But this time, I wanted to speak plainly. To show what it looks like when I mean something so much that I don’t need to dress it in poetry.

    Every line in this piece is something I’ve said in real life—honestly, openly, without hesitation. These aren’t metaphors or masks; they’re just my truth. And putting that truth into ink feels almost more intimate than any confession I’ve written before.

    This is me without armor.
    Just words I meant, and still mean.

    — Rowan Evans

    A warm, softly lit page with handwritten lines and a fountain pen resting beside it, symbolizing intimate and honest writing.
    A quiet moment of truth poured into ink — every word written with intention.

    Every Word I Mean
    Poetry by Rowan Evans

    If I speak it,
    in words or ink,
    then know I mean it.

    Because I don’t say things
    just to say them—
    I only say them
    when I feel them.

    Like—
    I love
    your smile,
    your laugh,
    your nose.
    (It’s cute, really.)
    I think you’re beautiful,
    and I’m not going anywhere.
    I’m never going to leave.
    I want to build a real foundation.
    Show you the love and respect
    you deserve.

    With me,
    I always want you
    to feel safe and heard.

    These are all things I’ve said—
    not hidden in poems,
    not wrapped in metaphors.
    I said them plainly,
    straightforward,
    unshaken.

    And maybe that’s why
    I write it now—
    not to hide the truth,
    but to honor it.

    To show you that
    even my simplest words
    carry weight,
    carry intention,
    carry you.

    Because when I say anything—
    whether in ink
    or breath—
    it’s because I feel it:
    every syllable,
    every moment,
    every piece of you
    that I’ve come to love.

    Suggested Reads

    [Over and Over]
    A vulnerable, deeply honest poem about choosing someone again and again—despite distance, fear, and the chaos between two very different worlds. Over and Over captures that wild gravity between two people who weren’t meant to collide… yet somehow did.

    [The Power You Give Me]
    A poem about sacred intimacy, quiet devotion, and the kind of connection that feels like sorcery without spells. The Power You Give Me explores how trust, desire, and vulnerability turn touch into magic—and why real power is held by the person who lets you close.

    [Carved From Intention]
    A poem about the quiet, deliberate way I love—and the frustration of being misunderstood. Not all affection is loud or scattered; some of us give ourselves slowly, carefully, and only with intention.

    Looking for even more poetry?
    You can explore everything in The Library of Ashes.

  • Of Ashes & Reverence: A Love Letter to the Broken, the Bold, and the Becoming

    Rowan Evans

    Of Ashes & Reverence 
    A Dark Romance Novella 
     
    Lilith has mastered survival. Her world is built from ashes—walls forged in betrayal, silence, and scars that still whisper. To her, love has always meant vulnerability. And vulnerability has always meant pain. 
     
    Gabriel sees past the armor. He’s patient, steady, and everything she’s never dared believe in. Their connection is undeniable—burning hot, terrifyingly tender. But for Lilith, every touch is a test. Every kind word, a crack in her foundation. 
     
    As passion ignites and buried wounds resurface, both must confront the ghosts they carry. For Lilith, it means risking more than just her body—it means surrendering control, and trusting her heart. 
    For Gabriel, it means holding on… without holding too tight. 
     
    A tale of trauma and tenderness, power and vulnerability, Of Ashes & Reverence is a darkly intimate journey through pain, healing, and the radical, luminous act of being truly seen. 
     
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    Author’s Note:  
    Welcome to Neo-Gothic Confessional Romanticism 
     
    — 
     
    This is more than a love story. It is a confession wrapped in shadows, a resurrection of softness from the ashes of pain. 
     
    Neo-Gothic Confessional Romanticism is a genre I created to hold space for the parts of us that ache and burn and bloom all at once. It is where gothic atmosphere meets emotional vulnerability, where romance is both sanctuary and storm. These stories are written with open wounds and hopeful hearts, where love doesn’t fix the broken—but chooses to stay anyway. 
     
    Here, you’ll find characters who carry trauma like sacred relics, who speak with trembling honesty, who ache for connection even as they fear it. The intimacy is raw, sometimes rough, but always reverent. These are tales of worship and reckoning, of shadows and survival. Of becoming known. 
     
    Of Ashes & Reverence is my first full offering in this genre. It is a story born of my own confessions, fears, and longings—an altar built from grief and devotion. 
     
    If you see yourself here—if you’ve ever felt too much, wanted too deeply, or survived too quietly—then this story is for you. 
     
    With tenderness and truth, 
    Rowan Evans

    More Coming Soon…