i can't breathe

I Can’t Breathe by Jo Muet-Atman is an unflinching and deeply personal collection of poetry that lays bare the suffocating reality of loss. Centered around the death of Muet-Atman’s mother—whose final words, “I can’t breathe,” echo throughout the book—this collection does not seek resolution or healing. Instead, it dwells in the ache, the silence, and the unraveling that follows death.
 
Each poem is a breath held too long, a moment suspended in grief. There is no comfort here—only the brutal honesty of mourning and the isolation it brings. These verses serve as a mirror for those who have known the weight of losing someone and the unsettling truth that some wounds never close.
This is not a book about moving on. It’s a book about what remains.
 
I Can’t Breathe by Jo Muet-Atman is an unflinching and deeply personal collection of poetry that lays bare the suffocating reality of loss. Centered around the death of Muet-Atman’s mother—whose final words, “I can’t breathe,” echo throughout the book—this collection does not seek resolution or healing. Instead, it dwells in the ache, the silence, and the unraveling that follows death.
 
Each poem is a breath held too long, a moment suspended in grief. There is no comfort here—only the brutal honesty of mourning and the isolation it brings. These verses serve as a mirror for those who have known the weight of losing someone and the unsettling truth that some wounds never close.
 
This is not a book about moving on. It’s a book about what remains.