half-here

half-here by Shana Roark is a collection of poems that sits quietly between sanity and madness, love and detachment, identity and change. These poems do not rush. They linger in the moments where the self feels fragile, where holding on and letting go happen at the same time.

Roark writes with an honesty that feels almost whispered, as if she is confessing something she is still learning to name. Self-discovery here is not clean or triumphant. It is tender, uneasy, and deeply human.

This book is for anyone who has ever felt split between who they are and who they are becoming, unsure where they belong but still hoping. half-here does not promise clarity. It offers presence. A hand to hold while you move through the noise, and a quiet reminder that you are not alone in the searching.