“Pieces of Isaiah” portrays a poet caught between brilliance and hesitation, perfection and chaos. He navigates two books, memory and mirror, while ADHD and procrastination tug at his focus. Music, cooking, and return to the page become survival rituals. He absorbs others’ emotions, loves deeply, and struggles to love himself. Therapy offers fragile balance, yet pain simmers beneath raw, unfinished poetry. Detroit represents possibility and voice, while ordinary details ground him. The poem reveals a creator in motion—unfinished, resilient, searching for wholeness within fragments. Each line becomes evidence that identity is built slowly, painfully, and beautifully over time alone within.