What do you do when there is nothing you can do? When life creates circumstances which are inescapable and traumatic, all one can do to survive is to eradicate the poison from their spirits and persevere through the hardships anyway. Barren Wasteland is a collection of emotionally intense poems which are a response to many controversial issues faced both first-hand by the poet, and collectively as a society. There are times one can feel that everything has been lost, and hope becomes an impossibility. Our minds can become like a barren wasteland: beneath the garbage lies the richest and most fertile soil to plant the seeds of the future in. We grow the most in our darkest times, and it is our choice whether we see obstacles - or opportunities. From addiction to abusive relationships, and even suicide, few stones are left unturned in this rich volume of thought-provoking and soul-felt poetry.