I wish my mood didn't change because of the book of poetry I happened to be reading.

My Dylan Thomas Professor keeps saying that when Thomas was writing happy poems it was because he was enlightened with spirituality and environmental awareness and he knew his soul was everywhere.

In the biographies, the biographers talk about how depressed Thomas was during that time and how much he drank. He was about to divorce his wife. Even his lover was about to leave him because he was so destructive.

I think the happy poetry was a cop-out.

But really, I'm having a hard time dealing with these heartbroken poets.

My heart isn't breaking. I don't even have a goddamn crush, yet every fucking poem I read my heart breaks all over again.