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Ruthless: Poetry on Self-Love and the Art of Being Unapologetically You
"Let me confess—
I was never ruthless.
I was only in love with everything and everyone
except myself.”
Ruthless isn’t just about rage—it’s about peeling away the painful layers to reveal the tender vulnerability that hides beneath our darkest, most aggressive emotions. It takes an unconventional path to healing, staying true to the wisdom that authenticity is the highest form of virtue.
This collection is a haven where nothing you feel is shameful. Ruthless is rebellious, soft, and powerful all at once. It shatters masks, scrapes away veneers, and brings light to the deepest corners of your being.
For anyone who has felt misunderstood, silenced, or too much, these poems remind you that even in your wildest emotions, there is glistening purity.
I was never ruthless.
I was only in love with everything and everyone
except myself.”
Ruthless isn’t just about rage—it’s about peeling away the painful layers to reveal the tender vulnerability that hides beneath our darkest, most aggressive emotions. It takes an unconventional path to healing, staying true to the wisdom that authenticity is the highest form of virtue.
This collection is a haven where nothing you feel is shameful. Ruthless is rebellious, soft, and powerful all at once. It shatters masks, scrapes away veneers, and brings light to the deepest corners of your being.
For anyone who has felt misunderstood, silenced, or too much, these poems remind you that even in your wildest emotions, there is glistening purity.
55 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 12, 2025
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October 17, 2025
Anjani Anand’s intimate, unflinching journey through pain, self-abandonment, and the slow reclamation of peace reads like a diary of awakening.
Each poem feels like a confession offered under the “glaring luminance of white pristine beams,” a place where suffering is both witnessed and sanctified.
In the lines “Life force drains from the deranged. All want to dream away into a state where there’s no encounter with their fate,” Anand captures the exhaustion of the human spirit under the weight of modern existence. Yet, within this weariness lies the recognition that pain can be a teacher.
When she writes, “These systems, linking me to safety, to prosperity, are broken. So I can assume that I can detach safely. My loyalty belongs to divinity,” Anand claims her liberation.
She tears down the illusion of external security and returns to divinity, authenticity, and wholeness.
Anand’s voice is at once delicate and defiant; her words shimmer with emotional intelligence and spiritual resilience.
This book of poetry is for those who have known despair but still believe in beauty, truth, and tenderness. Anand reminds us that “there is nothing divine about living half-heartedly.” To live ruthlessly, in her sense, is to live fully, faithfully, and free.
Each poem feels like a confession offered under the “glaring luminance of white pristine beams,” a place where suffering is both witnessed and sanctified.
In the lines “Life force drains from the deranged. All want to dream away into a state where there’s no encounter with their fate,” Anand captures the exhaustion of the human spirit under the weight of modern existence. Yet, within this weariness lies the recognition that pain can be a teacher.
When she writes, “These systems, linking me to safety, to prosperity, are broken. So I can assume that I can detach safely. My loyalty belongs to divinity,” Anand claims her liberation.
She tears down the illusion of external security and returns to divinity, authenticity, and wholeness.
Anand’s voice is at once delicate and defiant; her words shimmer with emotional intelligence and spiritual resilience.
This book of poetry is for those who have known despair but still believe in beauty, truth, and tenderness. Anand reminds us that “there is nothing divine about living half-heartedly.” To live ruthlessly, in her sense, is to live fully, faithfully, and free.
November 15, 2025
Powerful!
Anjani Anand’s Ruthless is a seriously honest collection about finding total self-love. It guides you through tough times, showing how pain can actually help you awaken to your true self. The poems encourage you to stop relying on others for security and just be genuine. If you’re ready to live freely and own who you are, this book’s for you!
Anjani Anand’s Ruthless is a seriously honest collection about finding total self-love. It guides you through tough times, showing how pain can actually help you awaken to your true self. The poems encourage you to stop relying on others for security and just be genuine. If you’re ready to live freely and own who you are, this book’s for you!
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