I Am This

Not an apology. Not an explanation. A declaration.

I Am This is a searing, intimate, and unapologetic collection of affirmations, reflections, and raw truth-telling from the voice of a Black gay man who has learned to live out loud — not in spite of the world’s labels, but beyond them.

In this hybrid work of poetry, prose, and personal manifesto, Ace Creed strips away the masks worn to survive and writes from the bone. Each page is a mirror, a mic, and a moment of defiance — confronting shame, embracing softness, reimagining masculinity, and reclaiming worth.

Whether he’s speaking to the boy who hid in the church pews, the man who walked away from war to find peace within, or the lover who couldn’t stay — Creed writes like someone who has bled on the page before, and is doing it again, not just for himself, but for every reader learning to say:

“This is me. All of me. And I am not sorry.”