not yet

By Naomi McDonald

not yet is a raw and tender poetry collection by Naomi McDonald that speaks to the quiet grief, hidden struggles, and healing that follow after an abortion.

The title reflects the ache of timing-being young, being unready, and having to hide a decision that felt too heavy to share. Not yet was the answer to a life that came too soon, a truth carried in silence. These poems explore what it means to feel alone even when someone is beside you, to wrestle with regret and "what could have been," and to live with a secret the world never saw.

Through spare, powerful verses paired with minimalist line art, not yet gives voice to the things we are often too afraid to say out loud-the bathroom floor tears, the silence in relationships, the endless "what ifs." Yet these pages also hold hope: the reminder that our choices, even the ones that change everything, do not define the whole of us. That God's mercy is wider than our shame. That we are allowed to grieve, to forgive, and to still move forward.

For anyone who has carried a secret, lived with ache, or wondered if they could ever be okay again, not yet is an invitation to breathe, to heal, and to remember: you are still worthy of forgiveness, and it is still possible to begin again.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FRL1LDQK
• ISBN13: 9798263424831
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 86 Pages
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"