I looked through some of my poetry books that I used to read regularly. Many memories came back to me.
It's funny how I sympathize with art so much more when I am going through a difficult time. Most of the time, when I am really very sad and depressed, people can't be of much help - music and poetry and sometimes paintings seem to be the sole sources of consolation at times like that.
While reading some of the poems I used to cherish so deeply, I also remembered the great pains and sadness I had to experience, such feelings of darkness presiding over my mind. I am so thankful to those poems that soothed my wounded heart and healed my soul every time I almost faltered. These dead poets... it is the human connection transcending time that is so touching about art.