Dark to Light: Struggle of a Manic-Depressive

By Jennifer Toth

Book synopsis: 

Dark to Light explores one woman's journey through the darkness, madness, loneliness, and despair of manic-depression. The book opens with poetry and prose t

• Language: English
• Publisher: Writers Branding LLC
• Release date: Nov 4, 2021
• ISBN: 9781639452538

Jennifer Toth

Jennifer Toth is an American Poet who loves to write, be in nature, enjoys time with her husband and friends, can eat a ton of sushi, and really enjoys all things creative. She has been writing Poetry since age sixteen to cope with the passing of my grandfather. She studied literature at Rutgers University with her main influences being Emily Dickinson and Robert Frost. She is a Born Again Christians who suffer from Manic-Depression or Bipolar Disorder as it's come to be known.

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Contents

Thank You Mom. Love You Forever.

Freedom For The Words

On This Page

Of Madness

My Ride

Can’t Find My Way Home

Down On My Knees

Help

Hell Or Heaven Sent

A Toast

Visitor

In The Passing

Innocence

Let My People Go

Footprints In A Circle

Eternal Prayer

We Are Family

Red Roses

My Vigil

My Life

I Climb

Piece of Art

Dreamer’s Eyes

This Is Life

In A Day

A Blessed One

Cycle

Just Words

Dedication

To my Mother who was Always there for me.

Thank You Mom. Love You Forever.

Freedom For The Words

Whatever drips down that’s what I say—

I don’t want to get in its way.

Imperfect in its perfection,

I just love its tell-tale intention.

On golden waves of glory’s sky,

Of reaching low or reaching high,

Whatever may please its palate’s taste

Fancy pleasures or treasure’s waste.

For who am I to stop its rolling creation,

That stems from my being high above idle adulation?

Or to trample it with edits from my meager brain,

Who do I think I am to sit and re-arrange?

What silver shall fall down I shall pick up,

Be it