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I Didn’t Die. I Wrote This Instead.: 29 Poems That Helped Me Return to Myself
This book wasn’t written to impress you. It was written to meet you.
These are not poems to be analyzed for technique.
They are quiet fragments of someone who chose to stay — when leaving felt easier.
I Didn’t Die. I Wrote This Instead. is a raw, soul-breathing collection of 29 poems written during moments of grief, awakening, stillness, and survival.
If you’ve ever held back tears, questioned your place in the world, or carried emotions you couldn’t name — this book is for you.
SunDeep Mehra, the global pioneer of Awakened Leadership, offers not just international keynotes and leadership advice to redefine leadership worldwide, but presence.
These poems are what came through the silence — when nothing else could.
You don’t need to understand them. You only need to feel them.
If any line in here gives you breath, gives you pause, or gives you anything at all — then the return was worth it.
These are not poems to be analyzed for technique.
They are quiet fragments of someone who chose to stay — when leaving felt easier.
I Didn’t Die. I Wrote This Instead. is a raw, soul-breathing collection of 29 poems written during moments of grief, awakening, stillness, and survival.
If you’ve ever held back tears, questioned your place in the world, or carried emotions you couldn’t name — this book is for you.
SunDeep Mehra, the global pioneer of Awakened Leadership, offers not just international keynotes and leadership advice to redefine leadership worldwide, but presence.
These poems are what came through the silence — when nothing else could.
You don’t need to understand them. You only need to feel them.
If any line in here gives you breath, gives you pause, or gives you anything at all — then the return was worth it.
109 pages, Paperback
Published April 29, 2025
About the author
SunDeep Mehra
2 booksSunDeep Mehra is the Global Pioneer of Awakened Leadership — a movement redefining leadership far beyond control, influence, or conventional success.
He is an international author, keynote speaker, and leadership advisor whose work challenges outdated leadership models and awakens deeper clarity in nations, organizations, systems, societies, leaders, and individuals.
His books include Not From Knowledge: Awakening Global Leaders, Volume, 1 and I Didn't Die. I Wrote This Instead — both of which reflect a rare blend of leadership, philosophy, poetic insight, awakened transmission, and practical embodiment through leadership awakening. His writing does not teach — it disrupts assumptions and activates truth at all levels of humanity and leadership.
He is the founder of the Awakened Leadership Movement — a global shift in leadership, governance, AI, technology, and human potential. His work goes beyond inspiration, serving as an evolutionary space for those leading humanity in a chaotic world — and shaping the future of leadership and the future of humanity.
Learn more at www.sundeepmehra.com
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