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    The Commencement Of Self: A Poetry Collection
    The Commencement Of Self: A Poetry Collection
    The Commencement Of Self: A Poetry Collection
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    The Commencement Of Self: A Poetry Collection

    By Asia Batchelor

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    The Commencement of Self is a collection of poems that provides a thorough account of a young woman's battles with self-loathing, anxiety, depression, and bipolar II disorder. This book is meant for all readers, with a focus on those who struggle with mental illness or experience general unease in life. The poems in this collection, which are gr

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAsia Batchelor
    Release dateFeb 25, 2024
    ISBN9798869124098
    The Commencement Of Self: A Poetry Collection

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      The Commencement Of Self - Asia Batchelor

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      Wither, I Will

      Predestined

      It's true.

      It never stops.

      Beneath all the layers of healing

      and happiness and hope.

      It’s all there.

      Inside, as if it were embedded within

      your bones at the time of creation.

      The hell you fear so much

      is here, in you, at every corner you turn.

      The darkness always seems to follow.

      NEWS FLASH: it’s not following you.

      Loudest Before The Storm

      Sometimes I feel like my mind hates me.

      It circles around the same thoughts every day.

      Over and over, I am struck by its content .

      Drifted off into its sea of torment

      I am certain my ship has reached the 

      ocean floor by now.

      And I cannot swim.

      Tossed and turned, the waters agonize my body.

      I am affected with so much intensity I cannot feel.

      My thoughts are all I have.

      Yet, they provide no comfort.

      They say it is quietest before the storm.

      I have never known silence.

      Settled

      I spend my days lying in the

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