I KEPT MY HEART: Poems on Becoming, Healing, and Returning to Yourself

What does it cost to keep your heart in a world that keeps asking you to give pieces of it away?I Kept My Heart is a powerful debut poetry collection by Stacey "Mz Honey" Bailey that explores the invisible labor of being strong, the grief of losing yourself while carrying everyone else, and the courageous journey back to your own voice.Through deeply personal yet universal poems including The Cost of Honey, Why Me?, Dear Me, Too Late, and I No Longer Shrink, this collection invites readers to release shame, embrace healing, and rediscover the parts of themselves they thought were lost.Written with raw honesty and lyrical beauty, these poems are for anyone who has ever questioned their worth, carried more than their share, or wondered if it was too late to begin again.It isn't.Sometimes the greatest act of courage isn't surviving.It's keeping your heart.