Sailing In Dark Waters
A Poetry Anthology by The Mad Poet
Different Battles

Edge of Humanity Magazine

2 years ago

Sailing In Dark Waters: A Poetry Anthology by The Mad Poet

Sailing In Dark Waters is centered around the Authors Mental Health Struggles but covers a wide array of topics.

Different Battles

We all fight different battles

We all fight the same war

Making it through life with our hearts and minds intact

Some battle depression

Some battle anxiety

Some battle bipolar disorder

Some battle PTSD

I battle depression and loneliness

It is a fight that I have fought

More times than I care to ever remember

Some days are easy some days are hard

Some days it’s a struggle to get out of bed

And face another day

Others its barely even an afterthought to the day

Sometimes I wake up and can hop right out of bed

I feel hopeful and full of energy

Others I don’t want to do anything

But I still do

We all fight different battles

But we all fight the same wars

Some succumb

Some conquer

But all struggle

All have fought

And all have lost

And all have won

The only questions

Are do you reach out

To help your brother

Your sister

Or do you leave them to drown in the mire

Of their own suffering

Because they’re losing

Their battle

Do you leave your fellows behind

Or do you say no

No one gets left behind

Not while I can still breathe

Not while I can still stand

Not while I can do anything at all

If I have to

I will crawl down

Into their deepest

Darkest pit

And crawl

Back out of the hole

Bleeding and exhausted

But we’re all going home

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Sailing In Dark Waters: A Poetry Anthology by The Mad Poet

Sailing In Dark Waters Is a powerful collection of poems that has been written on many different topics. But mainly centers around dealing with Mental Health issues, the writers struggle with their faith, and life in general. The poems are beautifully written and thought provoking. Many of the poems are autobiographical especially “Love Won and Lost”, and “Once, Twice, Thrice”. “Once, Twice, Thrice” tells the writers story of his own suicide attempt. All of the poems are written in free verse form though some do have a certain rhythm to them. This book of poetry is accessible to everyone and is truly written to be able to be appreciated by anyone. It is available in Hardback, Paperback, Kindle, and Kindle unlimited.

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Jordan Francis has been writing poetry for almost 20 years off and on. He really hit his stride during Covid when he created his website https://www.Mad-Poet.com enabling him to share his poetry with the world. This enabled him to gain the confidence needed to write more and gain a bigger platform. Jordan has struggled with depression and anxiety for most of his life and his lessons learned through them shine through in his writings. Back in 2013 the author survived a suicide attempt which is written about in his poem “Once, Twice, Thrice”. He has been a champion for mental health for the last 6 years and openly shares his story. He also served in Law Enforcement for almost 11 years before leaving to go back to school. He is currently working towards a Bachelor’s degree in computer science while continuing to write and promote his book. He now works for A School District doing Security.