The time has come to flood the world with the searing words of reality. Such feelings of angst and sadness are uncommon to contemporary culture and literature. Ours is a world that sees mental health as something to fix, as opposed to diving deeper into the heart of its afflicted. Affliction Poetry is a collection of poems from an unquiet mind. This "unquiet mind" brings to the surface elements of anxiety and depression, longing and loss. In her anguish, the author searches for a higher purpose amid her meager state. Instead of directing her emotions at those who have left behind indelible scars upon her heart, she casts these feelings onto herself. The author attempts to navigate her feelings on an isolated island of melancholy, while interjecting moments of clarity, and even mania, towards the spiritual realm.