In The Only Way Out, Samuel Ludke delivers a raw and powerful collection of poems that navigate the darkest corridors of the human soul—grief, heartbreak, memory, and survival. With language both unflinching and lyrical, Ludke explores what it means to be trapped in pain and how the act of expression becomes a path toward freedom.

Each poem is a step through fire: from aching loss to flickers of hope, from quiet despair to sudden clarity. This book doesn't offer easy answers—it offers truth. Unvarnished. Unapologetic. Necessary.