This is What Surviving Feels Like-book 2
it’s a soul laid bare.
It’s for the girls who smile with cracked hearts,
for the ones who wake up every day with ghosts in their chest
and still carry on like warriors in silence.
These poems are confessions from the edge.
They speak of lost dreams, stolen joy, heavy goodbyes, and battles fought alone.
They bleed with truths no one dared to ask about
the kind that live behind fake laughs and quiet nods.
This collection is about survival.
Not the heroic kind.
The quiet, messy, breath-by-breath kind
the kind where your heart dies in pieces
but you keep walking anyway.
If you’ve ever felt invisible in a room full of people,
if you’ve ever screamed behind a smile,
if you’ve ever held yourself together when you were falling apart
then this book is for you.
This... is what surviving feels like.
There’s a certain kind of loneliness that can’t be explained. This book explains it. It’s like someone wrote down all the things I never had the courage to say. The numbness. The anger. The quiet hope. It’s not polished or flashy, it’s messy, like life. Like trauma. Like healing. Some chapters felt like therapy. Others felt like reliving things I’ve worked so hard to forget. But I didn’t close the book. I kept reading. Because for once, someone put the chaos in my head into words. And I think that’s the most powerful thing a book can do. If you’ve ever felt lost in your own life… read this.
There are books you read for fun, and then there are books like this, the ones you read when your soul needs someone to understand. This wasn’t a fantasy for me; it was a reflection. It’s not loud or dramatic, but that’s what makes it hit harder. It’s honest, and that honesty is brutal. Every line felt like a whispered truth I’ve never had the courage to say out loud. It talks about the kind of survival no one praises, the silent kind, the tired kind, the kind where you keep going even when your heart wants to give up. I didn’t feel like a reader, I felt like I was in a conversation with someone who’s lived through the same storms. This book is going to stay with me for a long, long time.
Quiet, haunting, and healing. This book didn’t just speak to me, it sat with me in my silence. A raw masterpiece. No sugarcoating here. It’s not just a book, it’s a reflection of what most people are too scared to admit, they’re still hurting, still fighting, still here. Five stars for the realness.
This book hit way too close to home. It's not just about pain.....it's about endurance. The kind of survival where you're surrounded by people but still feel invisible. I saw myself in the silence, in the loneliness, and in the raw truth of every chapter. It's like the author reached into all the moments I couldn’t put into words and gave them meaning. A must-read for anyone who's ever felt too much and said too little.
“This is What Surviving Feels Like” isn’t just a title, it’s a soul stripped bare. Every chapter feels like it’s written from the heart of silence, pain, and quiet resilience. The way it captures the weight of surviving, not the loud, movie-type survival, but the silent, unseen kind, is hauntingly real. It's about the battles no one claps for, the healing no one sees. Adeen Ali’s words bleed truth. They echo the feelings of those who’ve carried storms inside them and still chose to wake up and breathe. This book isn’t just read.........it’s felt. To anyone who's ever smiled while drowning: this book is yours.