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    Sickness: Poetry by Jessica Burby
    Sickness: Poetry by Jessica Burby
    Sickness: Poetry by Jessica Burby
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    Sickness: Poetry by Jessica Burby

    By Jessica J Burby

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    About the Book
    Powerful and raw, Sickness is a collection of poems chronicling one woman’s experience with mental illness. With great detail and extraordinary imagery, author Jessica Burby pours her soul onto the page in order to capture the frustration, grief, but ultimately the glimmer of hope that those with mental health issues struggle to feel. Faced with the daunting task of feeling better, Burby finds solace in the page, and strives to give a voice to those who may find themselves going through the same thing.
    About the Author
    Jessica Burby is from Ypsilanti, Michigan. Her hobbies include knitting, listening to music, and watching her favorite television shows. Burby currently resides in Chelsea, Michigan.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDorrance Publishing Company
    Release dateJun 8, 2023
    ISBN9798886045215
    Sickness: Poetry by Jessica Burby

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      Sickness - Jessica J Burby

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      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead; events; or locales is entirely coincidental.

      All Rights Reserved

      Copyright © 2023 by Jessica Burby

      No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted, downloaded, distributed, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, including photocopying and recording, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented without permission in writing from the publisher.

      Dorrance Publishing Co

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      Pittsburgh, PA 15238

      Visit our website at www.dorrancebookstore.com

      ISBN: 979-8-8860-4250-4

      eISBN: 979-8-8860-4521-5

      Introduction

      This collection of poems I wrote is very personal. They express my deepest fears, cares, regrets, and torment I have gone through in my life so far. These poems help me release all this turmoil I go through. You could think of my writing as an equivalent to journaling, or whatever a person would use to vent emotion. These poems may seem negative, but they are actually a very positive healthy thing for dealing with depression or any ailment.

      A House on A Hill 1.11.2009

      There is a house that sits on a hill

      It sits there quiet and still

      But inside this house

      Lives a pain

      That swirls around everyone’s brain

      Trying to drive them insane

      It’s a never-ending game

      And everyone is to blame

      This dark curse

      Completes every mistake

      We are bound to make

      Which makes us all horribly fake

      And that

      Is something I can’t take.

      Living Broken Bone 3.23.2010

      I’m torn

      I’m scorned

      I’m a living broken bone

      I thought I was breaking a mold

      But now

      Why should I go on?

      I’m living, but not alive

      I need to break my disguise

      Fear is swallowing every element of me

      And taking my right to breathe

      It feels like torture

      An overwhelming pressure

      It lives inside

      In your subconscious mind

      Did I survive?

      Miserable Earth 4.1.2010

      Will I always be forced

      To walk upon this miserable earth

      Alone and afraid

      Just praying to be saved

      Barely getting through every day

      Picking apart my tortured brain

      Until there’s nothing left to explain.

      I Need 4.2.2010

      I need help

      I need to flee

      Oh God, this feels like insanity

      It seems they’re trying to break me

      But that’s all I’ve ever seen

      I can’t let this bother me

      It pulls me down like gravity

      There is no choice

      I don’t have a voice

      Everything is noise

      These frantic words

      Kill me to the core

      It’s always either; or

      This is very hard to ignore

      To Be Free

      The only way

      For me

      To be

      Free

      Is separating from

      What is mentally hindering me

      I can’t define the delusion

      Or

      Confusion

      I’m lost

      It makes me soft

      And I forget what’s best

      This is so much stress

      It feels like

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