Joseph Mellis

A Life Beside Yours: My Being Joseph Mellis

This is a book of puzzles; every page is a puzzle with pieces you have to put together. You have to read in-between the lines, and sometimes you just need to read the lines. It's not something you may pick up to read from front to back in one sitting, every poem is a different mood, thought, or situation. I expect there will be a couple of poems that you read everyday, for words of encouragement, or whatever it may be, at the very least they'll put a smile on your face. Everything I have to say about this book is pretty much in the book, but I will stress one thing: You're not alone, whatever you can relate to I've already been through it, and if there's nothing else you take from this book. I want you to come out with the understanding that you're not alone, somewhere in this world others are going through the same thing, we will get through it; you will get through it.