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Pressure: Poems on survival, weight, and learning to live
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Feb 2 2026
Pages: 28
Weight: 0.11
Height: 0.06 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Poems on survival, weight, and learning to live
PRESSURE is a raw and unfiltered collection of poems written from within the experience of emotional weight, isolation, and endurance.
These poems do not attempt to fix pain or explain it away. Instead, they sit with it. They document the quiet cycles of survival, day returning after night, pressure easing only to return again, and the effort it takes to remain present in a world that often feels too heavy.
Moving between moments of reflection, despair, numbness, and fragile hope, PRESSURE speaks to the inner lives many people carry silently. The language is direct, repetitive, and sometimes uncomfortable by design, mirroring the mental loops and emotional strain that define long-term struggle.
This book is not a guide, a self-help manual, or a promise of resolution. It is a record. A witness. A reminder that survival does not always look heroic, and that continuing on, even imperfectly, still counts.
Content Advisory:
This collection contains mature themes, including discussions of depression, suicidal thoughts, spiritual conflict, and emotional distress. Reader discretion is advised. Readers are encouraged to move through the book slowly and step away when needed.
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