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Mental Illness Poems

Displaying 11 poems from the Mental Illness genre.

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Escaping Shame
— Jason Bliss
I'm nothing but disease.
Jaded and shaded black.
Curses lie beneath.
Monsters that attach.
Demons screeching loud,
Mind under attack.
Try to keep them...
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Hurt
— Ella

a good feeling
a relief
misunderstood
can you call it bad
if it does good
you can not
you are okay
what is so wrong with hurt
what if it is...
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Insanity
— John Jessup Kennan
In a fetal position I waken
On ground so hardened and froze
Why am I bleeding? Why am I bruised?
Where am I? Where are my clothes?
I struggle, try to...
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Madness
— Ashley Rene Clark
Swirling thoughts
Screams of passion
Tears of joy
Madness surrounds me
Overtaking me
No
I must fight
Fight to hold my ground
My sanity
But...
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Monsters
— Dead_Jake
I knew it was over when there was nothing left from my childish fears,
I stepped into darkness and didn't fear what would eat me;
I prayed something...
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More Than an Eating Disorder
— MacKenzie
I have an eating disorder,
But I am not defined by it.
Yes, my life seemingly revolves around it,
But I am so much more than that.
I am a musician, a...
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My Schizophrenia
— Chasity Hall
Schizophrenia, you make it so hard for me. Everyone is unable to see how much it hurts every day. The part that I play I act out real good and even though...
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The Ascent
— Brian L. Cooper
The Ascent
By Brian...
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The penultimate fall
— Adam K
Looming over my penultimate fall
I gaze further than feet, at days long ahead
Dreaming of the day I make it past
The headache of hardships
Plaguing me...
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The Well Meaning
— Peter Kurt Mason
We're sitting in a corral of rickety chairs,
surreptitiously eyeing a distant plate of muffins....when the conversation descends to....
belt buckles,...
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What it Looks Like
— StarMoonSue
It looks like crying every night,
Not wet, not hungry or hurting.
Screaming to the top of lungs
So small, it's true this a huge package.

It looks...
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