Am I Gone? Started as a quiet question that stayed with me. Not something loud or urgent, just something that lingered, somewhere between memory and silence. These poems come from that space. Here, nature feels close. The wind, the trees, the sky, they seem to hold things that aren’t always said. And within it all, there is a mother’s love, calm, constant, and present in the smallest ways. This book moves through feelings of distance and fading, of being here but not fully present. It doesn’t try to give clear answers. It simply stays with the feeling. It’s meant to be read slowly… to sit with it for a while. Because sometimes, it’s not about whether we are gone, But how much of us is still here. – Sahil Anas