What I Saved of Myself

You do not lose yourself all at once.It happens quietly in the apologies you never owed, the needs you learned to hide, and the love you kept accepting even when it made you feel small.What I Saved of Myself is an intimate poetry collection for anyone who has stayed too long, loved too deeply, or forgotten who they were while trying to be enough for someone else.Through 110 heartfelt poems, Doris Nduni explores heartbreak, toxic relationships, self-abandonment, boundaries, letting go, and the gentle work of rebuilding a life that finally feels safe.These poems do not rush healing. They sit beside the pain, give it a name, and slowly guide the reader from surviving what hurt them to reclaiming their voice, tenderness, peace, and self-worth.For the person learning to stop looking backward and discovering that enough of them survived to begin again.