Bargaining

By Justin Rodriguez

Bargaining - Book III of A Study in Grief

These poems plead, promise, and reason with an absence that can't hear any of it. They count years spent, list every fault taken on as their own, offer up better versions of themselves in exchange for one more chance. There's a restlessness here that's different from Denial's stillness - a mind working overtime, trying every angle, convinced that the right words or enough remorse might still change the outcome. Some poems reach outward, arguing a case to someone no longer listening. Others turn inward, cataloging every mistake as if confession alone might undo it.

A voice caught between begging for another chance and quietly admitting it might not deserve one - A hand still reaching for someone who already let go.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HDHTPPVT
• ISBN13: 9798191429182
• Release Date: August 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 60 Pages
• Weight: 0.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"