Natasha C. Akinfolarin
Indie Author • Poet • Spoken-Word Artist
I chose to use a larger font and spacious layout for my books, The Lie and I Fell Into Myself intentionally. Poetry should have room to breath. As a dyslexic poet, I know how exhausting cramped text and tiny print can feel. So I wanted to create books that felt more open, accessible, and comfortable to read. These books were designed with the readers in mind. Especially those with dyslexia, ADHD, visual stress, concentration difficulties. Or anyone who simply wants space to slow down and absorb the words properly. I was never one to fit into neat little boxes, so I didn’t make these books to fit into one either.
I Fell into Myself — Live on Amazon in Paperback and Kindle
A new poetry collection by Natasha C Akinfolarin #DislexicPoet. This book explores the quiet spaces we do not talk about —the moments lived inside trauma, the holding on and the slow return to self.
“I didn’t fall into myself to be saved — I fell to finally see”.
Check out my blog on why I wrote I Fell Into Myself
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The Lie
The Lie is a raw and unfiltered poetry collection by UK-based dyslexic poet Natasha C. Akinfolarin. These poems speak from the heart of survival — through trauma, love, loss, and the long climb back to self.
The Lie — Poems of Survival and Truth (Second Edition).
This second edition is not about changing the heart of the book. It is about refining it.
I revisited the collection, corrected and reshaped parts of it, added new material, and rebuilt it into the version it was always meant to become.
The Lie is a raw confessional poetry collection exploring survival, abuse, identity, recovery, heartbreak, control, and the truths people carry quietly behind closed doors.
Not polished perfection. Just honesty.
The Lie — Kindle Edition is now live on Amazon.
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The Lie —Paperback now live on Amazon
A poetry collection written from lived experience.
These poems speak about survival, truth, and the long process of reclaiming the self.
This book contains themes of domestic violence and narcissistic abuse.
This book is for anyone who has ever felt unseen, unheard, or silenced.
Reviews like this remind me why I wrote The Lie in the first place. Not for perfection. Not for polish. But so survivors know they are not alone.
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The Lie — Audiobook
At long last, after months of hard work and technical glitches, I finally did it.
What a headache, a journey, and a real sense of satisfaction.
This audiobook is more than just a reading of The Lie.
It’s an experience of it.
Every poem, every pause, every breath was intentional — not just spoken, but felt.
All of my poetry comes from lived experience,
and I knew this couldn’t be done any other way.
This audiobook is done entirely in my own voice — raw, imperfect, and real.
No AI.
No artificial voice.
No polished perfection.
Just me — breath, pauses, cracks, and all.
Every track was recorded, listened to, edited, and reworked by hand.
Hours of going back over lines, adjusting timing, and sitting with the emotion until it felt right.
This isn’t meant to sound manufactured.
It’s meant to sound human.
I didn’t want perfection.
I wanted truth.
The Lie explores domestic violence, narcissistic relationships, and the psychological impact they leave behind — not from the outside, but from inside the experience.
This audiobook holds that truth in its rawest form.
The Lie—Audiobook now live on Streaming Platforms
Performed in the author’s real voice.
I didn’t just record this audiobook. I fought tooth and nail to finish it.
I’m dyslexic — so reading it, recording it, and getting every word right wasn’t easy.
Glitches.
Crashes.
Starting again.
Some tracks I redid over and over.
Some days my voice gave up before I did — there was exhaustion in it, frustration in every take.
But I refuse to let my story stay silent.
This is my real voice. Not AI.
🎧The Lie Audiobook out now
Thank you for reading.
Your DislexicPoet🖤
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🖤 Reader Impact
These poems are not just read — they are felt.
The Lie has reached thousands of people,
connecting with those who recognise their own story
in the words on the page.
This is not just poetry.
This is lived experience — and readers respond to it.
🔥 The Response
380,000+ reach on a single poem
265,000+ reach on another
Thousands of reactions and shares
Hundreds of comments from readers worldwide
People are not just scrolling past —
they are stopping, feeling, and engaging.
One of the poems from The Lie reaching over 380,000 people.
💬 What Readers Are Saying
These are real reactions from real people:
“This feels like my life written out…”
“I’ve never felt so seen.”
“This hit me harder than anything I’ve read.”
There is something in these poems
that people recognise —
even when they don’t have the words for it themselves.
Another poem reaching over 265,000 people
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The Lie on the shelves of a local UK library
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A glimpse into The Lie-Poem and Reflection
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