The Weight of Almost

By Shunika WALKER

The Weight of Almost

150+ poems. 3 passages. 1 heart who refuses to disappear.

A heart doesn't just break-
it unravels, resists, and redefines the ground beneath her.

The Weight of Almost isn't just a poetry collection.
It's a reckoning.
A voice memo left on read.
A slow burn that never asks for permission.

These poems speak from the body of a person who stayed too long,
folded themself too small,
and spent years being almost chosen.

It's the weight of loving someone who called you "too much"-
but only when you stopped shrinking.

It's the silent bruises of manipulation dressed as affection,
the dizzy ache of being second best,
and the scream you swallowed because it would've made you "difficult."

"He fed off me,
hollowed me out,
called it love." - Parasite

"I spit him out in pieces,
but some things refuse to be undone." - Love Lost

"He took the spotlight-
I vanished between the lines." - Name Withheld

"I'm not here to be picked.
I'm here to bloom-again and again." - Sunflower

Every poem is a confrontation-
a scar pressed into the page,
a slow drag back to the version of you that knew better.

This is for the ones who've been rewritten,
reduced, or replaced.
For anyone who gave more than they should've,
and had to gather themselves alone.

Whether you're healing, raging, or just tired-
this collection doesn't just see you.
It stands beside you.

Read it with your guard down
or with your side-eye sharp.
But read it.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FHMFY7FH
• ISBN13: 9798315985334
• Release Date: July 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"