August Blues is a collection of poetry written over a three-month period following the author's hysterectomy. It explores her four-year battle with Endometriosis, chronic pain, depression, and hysterectomy at a young age, and, eventually, hope. It is raw collection of poetry, made to evoke emotion and provoke thought, giving you a glimpse into the life of someone suffering with this life-altering condition. Here's to those walking the same path. I see you, I believe you, I'm sorry. "They say you are not what you went through, that you are not your pain or your trauma. Except that is exactly who I became. Pain became my entire personality."