Poetry From A Dark Night Of The Soul

finding beauty from within the shadow

This is the story of a dark night of the soul, of traversing the depths of despair, and of rebirth.

It shows the reality of hitting rock bottom. Not by a self-reported narrative written after the fact, but through unfiltered poetic expression written in real time during breakdown and recovery.”


why’d i give up
so much of myself
out of fear
of my own
blossoming
greatness?

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The poems within this collection were written over a 24-month period and are presented in chronological order. They show the inner tumult and turmoil of a man desperately trying, and failing, to hold together the crumbling status quo of his prior existence.

They show the short-lived hopes, the shattered dreams, and the impact of ill-advised interventions that made everything worse.

They also show that there is light at the end of every tunnel.

That like a caterpillar entering a cocoon, sometimes what feels like destruction is in fact a necessary part of the transformation process, and perhaps that, like a seed, the engulfing darkness may in fact be the dirt from which you can bloom.

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  • ★★★★★

    “It's a rare experience to journey with someone through a dark night of the soul. It was a true honour to read these words. As I read along I took endless notes of all the things that struck my heart, that I felt I wanted to hold on to. It didn't take long to give up with the note taking because it became too many to keep track of! So much to reflect on and something I will return to many times throughout my life.

    Zachary Phillips has a real gift of expressing an experience in such an intimate yet universal way...Incredible.”


    - Lana, D

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Poetry From A Dark Night Of The Soul

Genre: Poetry
Word Count: 16,408
Page Count: 217
Published: 2023

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