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.

Talking

Soothes the soul

And heals the heart

So often we walk around with herculean weights

Weighing us down and crushing us inside

Just talking about it may not solve it

But it lessens the weight that crushes

It shares the burden and

Allows us to free ourselves of it for a time

It helps us gain perspective and lets us know

We’re not alone

In the things we struggle with

It helps show us that others care

Which is so often what we needed

But were to afraid to ask for

We all have these intrusive thoughts

That whisper or yell inside of our minds

That no one cares

We’re worthless

No one loves us

You’re a piece of shit

But they’re not true

Talking helps calm and drown them out

It helps lessen them

You’ll never rid yourself of them completely

But just give it a try

Talk it out

With someone

Lessen your burden

Lessen your weight

Lets talk

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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.