Now you can buy As Silence Is Your Witness directly from my web site. I have also created a fragrant oil blend especially to go with the poems. It makes a really sweet, unique gift.  

You can buy the book and the oil separately or together. Price includes shipping & handling. Ships only within the US for now. 

I mistakenly thought that my publisher doesn't ship internationally but they do! So wherever you are, welcome to pre-order my book. It ships on March 16th so only a few more days to go!

Click here and get my book directly from Anterior Books! 

My book is now available for pre-order here! 

This is what my publisher Anterior Books says about As Silence Is Your Witness. 

As Silence Is Your Witness is the first book of poems in The Golden Passage, a trilogy of books by internationally known poet Charlotte Brady. In this newest collection of poems, Brady deeply explores the spectrum of human emotion. She boldly faces existential dilemmas that lie within each of us, and releases profound responses that sweep across our minds and make us see ourselves and the world around us more clearly. Her method of asking pointed and philosophical questions combined with her lyrical use of language create a safe harbor for traveling beyond the boundaries of our minds and increasing our understanding of the human condition. Brady confronts topics such as intolerance, fear, and suffering with a steady gaze and an open heart. She discusses nature, love, and happiness with fresh understanding and memorable wisdom. As Silence Is Your Witness is a brave excavation into the mystery of life and the search for freedom with a constant reminder that the capacity for peace and joy is within each of us.

Don’t be at war with your body. Don’t be at war with your mind. Don’t be at war with your feelings. Don’t be at war with others. Don’t be at war with the world.

Give divine gratitude for having been awarded a body. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Do you realize how rare  it is to have a human body? It’s the greatest prize of all.

You could have been a mosquito or a shrimp. Instead you get to experience the world with knowledge and evaluation of that knowledge.

You have a human body on a tiny planet in this endless universe.

 Wow. That stops every silliness right there.

From that perspective take a look at yourself and your so called struggles. Take a look at the world and its so called struggles. Doesn’t it seem insane that we should be wasting this precious gift with condemnation, hatred, entitlement, fear? That we should be wasting it on fights about who is right, more right, less right, most wrong?

Wouldn’t it make more sense to celebrate every single day? To celebrate yourself and other beings in other bodies?

We get to be here! Lets’ not waste it. Not wasting it doesn’t mean you have to do a gazillion things to fix it all. Everything is not on your shoulders. The world will change when enough people in it has changed. How can any one person make that come about?

Ignorance isn’t necessarily dispelled by facts, as you know. Facts are easy to dispute, especially when they don’t match our beliefs. (Everybody does this, not just “others”). Change comes from within. Change comes when we remember that we are human and divine in equal parts, when we remember that life is an enormous gift. When you know this you don’t have to rely on beliefs or opinions for anything.

The greatest contribution you can give to the world is to make that shift in you. Outer change will follow.

Not wasting your life simply means to know, and always remember, how amazing it is to have been given life in the form of a human body.

The secret to happiness is to always, always remember this.