ME & THEM: A Place of Words — poetry book cover

A Poetry Collection

ME & THEM

A Place of Words

Brandon Ellis B.

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“I spent years fighting the noise before realizing I was searching for a frequency.”

— Brandon Ellis B.

About the Book

The dialogue between the inner voice and the voices that surround us.

ME & THEM explores identity, addiction, memory, sexuality, shame, and transformation. These poems examine what happens when the noise of the world collides with the frequency inside you.

The tension between “Me” and “Them” is not simply external. It is a conversation that lives within every person navigating survival and self-recognition.

This collection offers language to experiences that often feel impossible to explain — and invites readers to recognize the voices shaping who they become.

Inside the Book

Four movements. One frequency.

Part I

The Noise

Before this language became a tool, it was a weapon. Before silence became peace, it was a test. These are the sound waves before clarity.

Part II

Them

The external forces, the projections, the voices that shaped and scarred. Recognizing the patterns, the people, and the power they held.

Part III

The End of Begin

The turn. Where survival becomes something closer to living. Where the question shifts from “why” to “what now.”

Final

The Frequency

The signal beneath the noise. The voice that was always yours. Not the end of the work — the moment you admit the signal is real.

“But the danger in stillness is that you start to believe stillness is who you are. That your silence is your story.”

— from ME & THEM

About the Author

Brandon Ellis B.

Brandon Ellis Bynum is a writer, speaker, and the creative force behind Me and the Matter — a platform built at the intersection of recovery, identity, and transformation. His work explores what happens when you stop performing survival and start building something from the truth of who you are.

ME & THEM: A Place of Words is his first published collection. It is the philosophical foundation of a broader ecosystem that includes M3 & TH3M apparel and community programming designed to challenge how society approaches addiction and mental health.

Brandon is available for keynotes, panels, workshops, and readings at recovery conferences, mental health events, and community organizations.

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Speaking & Appearances

Bring ME & THEM to your stage.

Brandon Ellis B. delivers keynotes, panels, workshops, and live readings that challenge how we talk about recovery, mental health, and identity. Every appearance is rooted in lived experience — not theory, not performance.

  • Recovery & mental health advocacy
  • The intersection of creativity and healing
  • Anti-stigma and community building
  • The ME & THEM framework: Book, Brand, Build

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