Black Butterfly: Chained is a collection of poetry that is meant to give an insight on internal struggles, pain, anguish, distress, and doubt that people suffering from a mental illness may experience. These poems intimately explore the emotional impact of major depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and anxiety. Black Butterfly: Chained is a unique journey based on the author's personal experiences and feelings, and it shows how she was led from the darkness and into light. It tells a story about how depression is an extremely difficult state of mind and how it can have someone feeling so low to the point where they begin to consider suicide, believing it is the only way out.