We Can’t Be By Ourselves: A Collection of Poems & Short Stories
A collection of short stories and poems curated to challenge the way we view and prioritize love, friendships, family, and romantic relationships.
We Can’t Be By Ourselves: A Collection of Poems & Short Stories
“Do you love me?” she asked. “Do you really love me?” he pondered.
“Are you going to stick by my side?” she pushed, urging an answer from her best friend.
“Can I do this without him?” she wondered.
“Do I love you?” “Can I trust you?”
“Do you love me?” he asked.
Again and again, around and around we go—yearning for connection with friends, lovers, family, anyone.
In all the stories you hear or read about love, do you ever really wonder how we can’t be by ourselves?”
In her stirring debut, We Can’t Be By Ourselves, Imani Leonique weaves words into windows—opening our eyes to the quiet beauty and aching truths of human connection. Through ten intimate short stories and ten soul-baring poems, she explores the tender, tangled threads of friendship, family, and love. These pieces pulse with memory, longing, and resilience, asking: What holds us together? What pulls us apart? And how do we carry each other—when we can’t carry ourselves?