"Eleventh Hour
Bouncing off walls,
a self-contained
directionless
rubber ball.
Feeling split
ripped apart
wanting everything
and nothing.
Black holes
try to swallow me
and I say let me wallow
in pain and self-doubt.
(I could be here on a
mission or as a fake
a simple, misfitted
contraceptive mistake."

"Journey," a touching poetry collection, depicts a lifespan that shows the innermost thoughts and feelings of author Kathleen Phillips's battle with schizoaffective disorder-a combination of bipolar disorder and schizophrenia....