These waking hours
should be glorious
for the sun rises gold
and our skin grows gold in the sun
but illness has kept the night restless
and morning is breathless like death
Kneeling beside the mattress,
the rise of light at daybreak brings dark gloom
and knows only anxious nausea
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Melancholic & Other Poems
Puisi"Melancholic and Other Poems" is a powerful debut collection by Nicholas Kyle Edwards that invites readers into a profound exploration of the complexities of mental health, particularly as experienced by adolescents. Through a strikingly unique free...
