Almost Held, Never Loved is a raw and tender poetry collection about being half-chosen, half-heard, and wholly underestimated. Through themes of heartbreak, self-abandonment, and emotional resilience, Udita Somani captures what it means to ache for love that never stays-and the quiet courage it takes to choose yourself instead. These poems speak to the ones who loved deeply, lost silently, and kept soft in a world that asked them to harden. This is not a story of being saved. It's a story of surviving anyway-of blooming, breaking, and finally becoming the kind of love you were always looking for.