BLACK STAIN OF LIFE POETRY BOOK: PREVIEW
Well, I did it.
I've finally become an author, and it only took me five years to do
it. For some its sooner, because they had a clear vision as to what
their debut book should be, though that's a blog for another time.
My debut book is
a series of poems about depression, heartache, anxiety and
loneliness, though not designed to upset or make anyone feel
miserable about their lives, the exact opposite actually. These poems
are designed to show the reader its okay to feel these emotions, its
okay to be sad, angry and frightened. Its important to get these
emotions out when you can, and while you can otherwise it could
develop into a long lasting state of hopelessness that nobody wants
to live with.
Ladies, and
gentlemen I present to you “Black Stain of Life”, a very
important book.
I apologize if I
appear pretentious, but I'm serious when I say these poems are very
important to the human psyche. If there's one thing the world is
afraid to talk about, its depression, and that is probably why we
have so much depression in the world today.
Everyone ignores
it, like it'll eventually go away if they do so for a long enough
period of time. Spoilers, it doesn't. Its still there, festering in
the background, like an unwanted piece of trash that was forgotten to
be taken to the tip. I don't understand how, or why this is the case
but it is.
It doesn't have
to be, however. Damn, it shouldn't be.
Everyone likes
to talk your ear off when they're happy, excited, over the moon, but
when something bad happens they shut up: “I don't want to talk
about it” they say, and fair dues to them, opening up takes time,
but you shouldn't leave it too long because that bad day can very
well become a day week, month or even year.
I, myself, have
been through what I'd call a couple of depressing years (though
that's putting it mildly). I should've talked about my problems,
opened up a bit more but I didn't, and made life harder for myself.
No, I haven't just felt glum, or feeling the blues as they say. I
have been diagnosed with depression, and life is a constant struggle,
second guessing myself on a daily basis, and having low self esteem.
I do have the benefit of being around a loving family, unlike most
people in this world, but that doesn't mean my life has been easier
as a result.
There are people
worse off than me, and my troubles are nothing more than an annoying
fly buzzing in your face when compared to theirs, but does that mean
I can't vent, and complain whenever life gets me down? Hell no, I
say.
I have every
right to lash out at the world for causing my pain, and inner
torment. It may not look pretty, or put me in a good light, but,
dammit, I'll yell and scream all I want. These poems were my way of
doing just that, and then it clicked: this is my therapy, and if
anyone else reads them it can be their therapy too.
Now, I'm not say
my new book will cure depression, but knowing someone has gone
through the same thing as you, and is still standing should give some
form of comfort, no?
That's the idea
behind these poems. Designed not to upset anyone, but the complete
opposite. I won't promise these poems won't open up old wounds (they
did for me when I wrote them) but we also shouldn't run away from
those painful memories. They're part of our lives whether we like it
or not, but, in a way you should, because looking back on those
moments and seeing yourself now you've proved to yourself you're
stronger than you realise. We have to go through the bad to recognise
the goodness in our world. This book was
more than just writing sad, emotional poems. Its to show you're not
alone.
TRY BEFORE YOU BUY
How about reading some of the poems that appear in the book?
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