You'll Come Back to Yourself

Michaela Angemeer’s collection focuses on the messy trajectory of modern romantic relationships and their collapse. The poems track the specific stages of longing for an ex-partner, the realization of incompatibility, and the deliberate steps toward solitude. Angemeer writes about the anxiety of first dates, the physical sensation of a quiet apartment after a breakup, and the difficulty of removing a person from one’s daily routine. The text uses short-form free verse to document the internal shifts that occur when a person stops seeking external validation and begins to prioritize their own company.

This book serves readers navigating the immediate aftermath of a failed relationship or those struggling with the habit of centering others in their emotional lives. People read these poems to identify their own patterns of codependency and to find a vocabulary for the loneliness that follows a split. The reader walks away with a clearer understanding of how to set personal boundaries and the practical knowledge that being alone is a sustainable state rather than a temporary failure.