Maybe This Won’t Kill me

Maybe This Won't Kill Me is a collection of poems about loving someone, losing yourself, and finding the courage to leave even when part of you still wants to stay. It moves through the memories of when love was good, the slow realization that something had changed, the pain of letting go, and the strange grief that comes afterward. These poems hold the contradictions that come with leaving: knowing it was the right choice while still missing them, mourning what happened while grieving what could have been, and learning that love alone is not always enough. At its heart, this collection is about becoming someone again after spending so long making yourself smaller. It is about heartbreak, anger, loneliness, friendship, and the quiet moments when surviving begins to look a little more like living. For anyone who has ever thought, this is going to kill me, only to discover: maybe it won't.