Davide Dalla Valle

For those who sow seeds in sorrow Davide Dalla Valle

"Agonizing and intense poems that speak of a world fluctuating among reality, sweet family memories and hallucinations within a universe which is however open to hope in times of despair. A troubled journey, with a profound thirst for true love (a vital medicine when in pain), a difficult path toward freedom, with unexpected, yet still attainable, outcomes" (Ezra). "I spent more than one season in hell, but now I am back. I was dead, but then I found my skin and soul again, hanging somewhere on a protrusion of a dying star, and finally I was on my way home again. Whoever you are, who sees me while passing by, stop if you can and listen: in this book you will find many words of love and hope expressed in a state of pain. It is a story, in free verse, of the hell that was my mental suffering. During the various phases of my pathology, I was tossed between hallucinations and drug-induced heavenly states that reduced me to a mute larva, incapable of flying. In the end, the doctors would diagnose me with having a severe form of "psychotic bipolar disorder type I", but there is no doubt that we can be our own healers, no matter how injured we may be. I hope this can be a tribute to and a token of hope for those people who are suffering physically or mentally. By reading my book, you will give me wings to reach them". DAVIDE DALLA VALLE