In English, this is a book about heartbreak.

In poetry, it’s a tired heart learning how to breathe again.

Broken Prayers of a Tired Heart is a collection of 108 modern poems about love, loss, distance, regret, and the quiet work of healing. Written by MS+PhD student Satyam Mishra between late-night experiments and early-morning overthinking, these pieces read like messages that were never sent and prayers that were whispered instead of spoken.

This book is for you if:

• you still replay old conversations and wonder what you could have done differently
• you miss someone who is very much alive
• you’re trying to move on without pretending it never mattered
• you want gentle words to hold on to when the chest feels heavier than the body

Across nine chapters, the poems follow the arc of a relationship: from the life before her, to the first warmth, to the breaking, to regret and karma, and finally to a softer kind of peace. The language is simple, intimate, and confessional: short lines, slow rhythm, and a voice that speaks directly to the person who left.

Here you’ll find:

• hearts that melt and harden again
• moonlit nights, quiet rooms, and train rides that still remember a name
• the guilt of “I could have loved you better”
• the calm that slowly comes after the storm

You can read this book straight through, or open it anywhere and find a line that understands you.

In English, it’s a poetry collection.

In poetry, it’s one tired heart talking to yours 108 times, so you don’t have to feel alone in what you’re carrying.