Out Of The Darkness by J M Edgley

As the title suggests of the collection, this poetry collection focuses on coming out of the darkness and depths of depression and living with PTSD too. Some stand out poems to me were: Into Despair, about the way depression can sneak up again and pull you back under and into it's depths. Trapped By Time, was actually really relatable and so similar to something my mum once said to me I'm too oretty to feel so sad, which I never understood and this poem really hit me deeply and completely. A Date On A Calendar too, about the fragility of life's monumentous moments that can hurt years after loss, again a really relatable poem at this time of year especially when December is seen as a joyous month, in our family, there's so many anniversaries of loss it can be more sad than a glad time of year. The collection also includes poems on child loss and the fragility of life and the open discussion of mental health around such a saddening time especially really struck with me as it doesn't get written about or openly discussed in my opinion and truly, it was a fantastic collection of poems.