Hello, I’m Devyn!

First of all, thank you for being here 🖤

I am a 23 years old, Canadian, a proud survivor of my high school boyfriend, and am currently pursuing an education in Precision Medicine. I write when I’m supposed to be sleeping, paint when I should be packing, and travel whenever I get the chance.

I believe in soft places, second chances, and beginnings that come disguised as endings. After leaving a long-term (over 5 years… yikes) relationship because of assault, I had to learn to fall back in love with life again. The journey was hard, and painful, but has brought me to places I didn’t dare dream about before. Most of all, I believe that sharing our stories—messy, tender, unpolished—is one way we remind each other we’re not alone.

This journey began in 2024, when I started journalling poems and writing about my insecurity and fear around leaving. I released these unedited poems online (now in the book An Autopsy of Us) and received an outpouring of love and support. I learned through various messages from readers that my words gave them courage, that my story helped them find the strength to leave. That still makes me prouder than anything else I’ve done.

I am now in a happy, healthy relationship with a boy we have nicknamed “PingPong”, and am falling back in love with the world and myself. My work ranges from the dark pages of my childhood journal, to love letters to a life I didn’t think I’d get to live.

This is just the beginning, and I’d love for you to be part of it.

If any of this resonates, I’d love for you to stay awhile—subscribe and let’s keep going together.

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