I Have to Tell You Something
2022
- self-help
- personal development
- poetry
- self-love
- healing
- self-discovery
- acceptance
- forgiveness
- courage
- resilience
The story
A collection of modern poetic-style prose to cradle, comfort, guide and hold space for emotions big and small. Fans of Brianna Wiest, Bianca Sparacino, and Yung Pueblo are sure to enjoy. I Have to Tell You Something is Zara Bas's first book of pieces written from the most tender depths of a healing heart exploring themes of love, loss, grief, loneliness and self-worth. Split into two sections of soft and hard truths, these are the words your inner child needed to hear.
What it’s like
Short, lyrical pieces set in a quiet, unhurried register, with the look of a gentle hand-held book: spare white space, short lines broken into prose-poem blocks, and a voice that talks to you directly, as if across a kitchen table late at night. There is no imagery of places so much as the texture of inner weather, the soft gray of grief, the warm amber of small mercies, and the reader's own room is the setting that matters. Sections move from tender, cradling pieces toward firmer, plainer truths about self-worth, boundaries and letting go, so the mood shifts from comfort to steadiness rather than from dread to release. Pacing is slow and dippable: each piece stands alone and can be read in a few minutes, so it suits a rainy Sunday, a bedside pause before sleep, or a hard week when you want words that sit beside you without asking anything. Intensity is very low: no violence, no sexual content, and no fear; the sharpest moments are honest admissions of heartbreak and loneliness. It is for readers who want self-compassion, gentleness after loss, and a sense of being spoken to kindly, especially fans of Brianna Wiest, Bianca Sparacino and Yung Pueblo.
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