When you deal with illness and death every day
Imperceptibly, somewhere along the way
Melancholy makes its way into your world view
Sadness tints with darkness every hue
Those around you notice it much before you do
Your pessimist perception has become reality for you
You go on, engulfed in subliminal depression
Until your life at home gets affected by your profession
One day you are jolted by a wake-up call
Your negative attitude could lead to your downfall…
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It takes effort to channel positivity
When the worst of life you constantly see
You have to reframe failure and success
Have a memory selective, forget what causes distress
Or transform emotions that cause discomfort
Into artistic expression of some sort
You could literally paint your blues away
Or emote through poetry that can hearts sway
Or create music that captures despondence
And morphs it into sweetness intense
Or dance with abandon to exorcise
All negative thoughts, let positivity rise
Let your melancholic hues get incorporated
In creative effort, let your mind get liberated
From the pessimism that clouds over you
With a clean slate, start afresh, start anew..
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To heal through creativity
Is the new guiding principle for me
Passion...unbridled 