you still have yourself

A spectacular, tenderhearted poetry debut that is also "a valuable tool on your personal growth journey" (Yung Pueblo, #1 New York Times bestselling author)."What do you have left after losing everything you know?" You've been told that it's the cumulative impact of everything you've built: home, relationships, career, health, community. But the truth is much deeper. In you still have yourself, debut poet Fernando Samalot shares a contemplative collection of poems and reflections that follows an inner journey through loss, transformation, and return. As the poet writes, "The best thing I ever did for my heartwas allow myselfto begin again" Set within both inner and natural landscapes, the book moves through forests, rain, nightfall, dawn, and shifting light, using nature as a living mirror for impermanence, healing, and renewal. "Samalot's debut poetry collection paves the way for humanness in a way that we don't see often anymore. He has made triumph romantic and the process of healing? Entirely possible" (Brianna Pastor, author of Good Grief).