Alone in a Room Full of People: Other Poems, Prose, and Short Stories

Alone in a Room Full of People — by Tatiana What does it mean to be unseen in a world that never stops looking? In Alone in a Room Full of People, Tatiana invites readers on an unflinching journey through silence, survival, and self-discovery. Blending poetry, prose, and personal reflection, this debut collection travels through six emotional landscapes–from isolation and internal war to transformation and resurrection. Each section–It Begins, Discovery, The War Within, Deeper Still, Transformation, and Resurrection–holds space for the truths many keep buried: the ache of invisibility, the messiness of becoming, and the beauty of remembering who you were before the world told you otherwise. From the imagined safety of an island to the long walk toward higher ground, Tatiana explores what it means to question everything–your body, your mind, your worth–and still choose to rise. These aren’t just poems. They’re memory. Testimony. Reclamation. Anchored by powerful pieces like “An Island All to Myself,” “Battle Wounds,” “Butterflies,” and “I Met Death,” this collection speaks to anyone who’s ever felt like too much or not enough in spaces that demand your shrinking. This book is for: Those who feel everything. Those who’ve been othered. Those who are still learning to come home to themselves. You are not alone. You never were. And this book won’t let you forget it.