An enthralling experience to a wonderful sequence of proses that hits your soul even in the most straightforward way.

For someone who is relatively new in the poetry scene, I had honestly enjoyed my ride with this book. It came to a point that I felt that I was missing quite a bit for not really finding a poetry book that actually catered my taste, and this one is definitely a start to many more to come.

Divided into Five Parts , My Medicine is a collection of poetry and short stories that mostly revolves around the Themes of : Hope, Love, Loss and Gaining Your Self Again . Its interesting how each theme has been arranged according to the ‘pills’ that are ‘prescribed’ to us (readers) in forms of poetry, either to soothe us, to gain strength or mostly to explore that love comes in forms that you least expect.

I will roughly give my thoughts for each section and my whole overall experience reading through the five parts in the book, and will try to keep it as non-spoilery as possible - as the best way to go into this book is just going into it blind.

Blue Pills

Blue Pills is a collection of poetry that revolves around the themes of Love and Heartache . Out of all the collections in this book, Blue Pills reminded me of my youth, in the desperation of loving and losing someone you love. Whilst I can’t really relate much to most of them nowadays, it took me back to my emo days where a smile from my crush can make my whole day and a simple argument can make everything seem wrong. For those who is going through a heartbreak, this section of the book will be the perfect pill for you.

Happy Pills

The collection of poetries in this section revolves around the themes of Hope and New Beginnings . It gave us a sense that life is too short and there are more ways to gain hope and continue living, in the most unexpected ways.

Adrenaline Shots

I feel that for most of us, we will be able to relate to this part of the book. It revolves around the themes of Growth and the ability of us as humans to be part of something that is worth to live. I liked a lot of the poetries in this section most and it felt like someone consoling me after a long and hard day.

Psychedelics

This section of the book is one that is the most experimental and where the author’s talents in writing unleashed. I liked this section of the book where the author played with various techniques in poetry writing and it also showed that poetry is a form that is liquid and versatile. The messages from this section is what I felt the most relatable. Its a bit dark but it also gave us hope to live through tough times.

Sleeping Pills

Now this. Besides poetry, this whole section of the book is the part where the author compiled all the collection of short stories in the book. There were 7 Short Stories in total, and quite frankly , this was the most enjoyable part in the book. I loved that the author included themes that includes our time during quarantine, a dash of sci fi and mostly of hope and love. I personally loved Pseudo-Immortals the most, and honestly looking forward for more short stories from the author.

Overall, the whole collection is one that felt like being administered the correct form of drugs for the conditions that we have at the time. Heartbreak - prescribed the Blue Pills. If you need something to soothe you - well Psychedelics is the way. Happy Pills will be given if you need a smile and Adrenaline Shots for boost of happiness. Either way, each part of this book is a medicine for your sole, where each prescription in the form of words on paper can warm your heart, ease your pain and make you feel that you’re not really truly alone in this world.

And fitting to its title, its truly the best Medicine for us all.

3.75🌟 Overall for the book :) Definitely looking forward to more of the author's works!