Tortured is a vulnerable and authentic collection of poetry and prose that can provide readers with understanding and relatability in the delicate and complicated emotions that leave us feeling as if life's emotionally abusive ways are torturing us. This book is divided into four sections; The Mind, Love, Loss, and Anger. Section one: "The Mind," focuses on how our mind can be our greatest foe torturing us with fallacies. Section two: "Love," demonstrates how relationships, heartbreak, and desire can plague us, and how powerful love can be, leaving us distraught. Section three: "Loss," explores different types of loss that we are meant to experience in this life and how we are left to endure the suffering of what once was. Lastly, section four: "Anger," illustrates rage and vexation and how these emotions bring about misery. All four sections come together to make up a feeling of torment, hence, the title of the book, Tortured. This book has been written over the course of the past 12