Some stories end. Some become books.

*The Poet I Never Meant to Become* is a literary memoir about a love story that never became what it was meant to be—and the poetry that remained after it.

It is a story of two people who spent years saying very little, yet somehow said enough through glances, silences, distance, and the words they never found the courage to speak.

Somewhere along the way, the author began writing. What started as an attempt to make sense of fleeting moments slowly became something more: pages filled with memories, longing, questions, and poems that gave shape to feelings that had once been impossible to explain.

This is not a story about a perfect love. It is about what remains when the story does not go the way you imagined it would.

Through memoir and poetry, Rizwan Mohammed revisits the moments that awakened the poet within him—not to change what happened or ask for anything back, but simply to give those moments the words they once lacked.

If you have ever loved someone you could not keep, perhaps somewhere in these pages, you will find a little of your own story too.