With Vision:

With Vision: A Collection of Poetry for Women Who Desire to be Seen is the first collection of poetry released by Nailah Muhammad. This collection embodies many of the emotions, feelings and experiences of the author and so many women she has encountered. Black women are beautiful, kind, loving, and powerful. They balance the responsibilities of single mothers, caretakers, and the glue that holds together so many families and communities. They do it all, all while learning who they are, how to love, how to heal, how to succeed, and the list goes on. Sometimes, even in power, we struggle. Black women struggle in plain sight, but oftentimes are invisible, even to those who see us every day. May the power of words create a pathway to a heightened ability to truly see each other. To embrace and connect with each other. To look at our brothers and sisters and say, "I see you…and I am here."

With Vision: A Collection of Poetry for Women Who Desire to be Seen is the first collection of poetry released by Nailah Muhammad. This collection embodies many of the emotions, feelings and experiences of the author and so many women she has encountered. Black women are beautiful, kind, loving, and powerful. They balance the responsibilities of single mothers, caretakers, and the glue that holds together so many families and communities. They do it all, all while learning who they are, how to love, how to heal, how to succeed, and the list goes on. Sometimes, even in power, we struggle. Black women struggle in plain sight, but oftentimes are invisible, even to those who see us every day. May the power of words create a pathway to a heightened ability to truly see each other. To embrace and connect with each other. To look at our brothers and sisters and say, "I see you…and I am here."

Nailah Muhammad is a mother, daughter, sister and friend. Born in upstate New York she has been blessed to have her feet touch the soil of a number of different cities and states. She currently lives in Ohio and is the mother of an amazing son. She has been doing spoken word poetry for almost 20 years. She hopes that these words inspire, heal or touch someone in some way. She is a community advocate, liaison, playwright, spoken word poet and blogger. Her work with families, Black women and children in particular, have cultivated and her desire to see them well, healed, healthy in mind body and spirit has propelled her desire to publish her poetry. Her hope, is that her work inspires all to see themselves for the wonderful beings that they are and to also see each other, for we all have a light inside of us and a gift to give.