The Wonderful Things Growing in Life’s Messes

Poetry

Athena Milios
The Lark
Published in
4 min readMay 11, 2023

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Photo by Mike L on Unsplash

On good days you wake up ready to slay,
confident you’ve washed the pain away.
On bad days the despair feels unending,
yet you’re pressured to keep pretending.

Though the spring breeze feels nice,
sunny strolls aren’t always paradise.
Though you try with all your might
you…

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Athena Milios
The Lark

Canadian PharmD graduate with a Masters in Psychiatry. I love writing stories and poems around mental health to exercise my creative bone!