My Soul, Laid Bare... Why Not?

By Manick Albert

The title suggests a willingness to reveal my innermost thoughts, emotions, and or vulnerabilities without reservation or hesitation. It reflects an openness and perhaps a challenge to societal norms or personal inhibitions about sharing deep and personal aspects of myself. It implies questioning any hesitations or reservations and being comple

• Language: English
• Publisher: Manick Albert
• Release date: Oct 23, 2023
• ISBN: 9781087981369

Book preview

To the reader

What’s on my mind, I can never fully express. Therefore, I chose poetry to try and share a glimpse with the world. Most of us are great orators, but for me, my soul is engulfed with untouchable things that I cannot keep hidden. Poetry, I realize, is a very expressive way to share with fellow beaten souls of this twisted world. However, I can never, in any objective and tangible way, fully express my thoughts. So enjoy the glimpse of my mind as I do, or at least try to share. The illustrations in this poem book were created by me. Broken Cello is the title I have given to my inaugural attempt at Cubism painting style. Moving on to the second artwork, completed in 2002, it is called Nocturnal Dream and depicts a representation of the village where I spent my childhood years. Lastly, Flower Pot, was created in 2001, that was my very first painting. 

Part I

Despair

I will not despair

Though darkness emerges in the air

Though my heart is feeling the flair

I will push away my tears.

No matter the stormy night

I won’t give up my fight

My courage won’t take flight

And I will banish all fright.

Though I may stumble and fall

I’ll stand up, I’ll stand tall

Through hope, I will surely call

With God, I’ll stay strong and not bail.

I will keep my chin up high

No matter how long or how hard I try

I cannot let my spirit die

For I will never despair.

My Solitude is not Loneliness

My solitude is not loneliness

Just a state of being I do not fear

It brings peace and comfort

That I must hold dear.

That moment of reflection

On life and what I’ve done

That chance to explore my thoughts

And find where I belong.

My solitude is not loneliness

But a place of rest and release

Where I can let go of the world

And find inner peace.

It’s a time of self-discovery

Where I learn more about me

To just take a journey inward

Then find what I need.

My solitude is not loneliness

It’s a sanctuary of my own

Where I can find myself

A place that is safe to be

content with thyself.

Depression

  The darkness comes so suddenly

  It takes my faith away

  It’s like a black cloud hovering

  That won’t go away

  It takes away my energy

  It takes away my light

  It takes away my happiness

  It even takes away my will to fight

  My days