Traffic Light
Mom With Depression
This traffic light inside my head
Is always green and never red.
My thoughts, my dreams, and all my fears,
They all speed past my listening ears.
Fear Poems
Poems about Facing Fear
Fear is a part of life. It is part of the range of feelings that humans experience on a daily basis. In our culture, fear has come to be experienced as negative. However, the truth is that fear is a perfectly normal feeling to experience and we would all feel a lot better if we simply allowed ourselves to feel it fully. If we do not we will have somatic symptoms of fear that are much more painful than simply allowing the feeling to be felt.
Poems about Difficult Decisions
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Featured Shared Story
Blessings to you all, I can't say what brought me to this site other than the Holy Spirit. And it allowed me to pause for quite some time reading all of the poems and feedback posted. I know...
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Past, Present, Future
Poem About Life With EpilepsyMy eyes glistening with tears,
But not yet fallen.
I'm crying, but they're silent tears.
I'm crying on the inside so you are unable to seeFeatured Shared StoryMy dad had epilepsy, and i remember waking up in the middle of the night to hear him crying because of his seizures, because he had accidentally hurt one of us. As a kid I was always having...
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Last Resort
Poem About Feeling ConfusionA plethora of predicaments race in my mind at best.
Which one can I fathom to ponder about next?
Shall I even think of acting upon what my mind stirs about,
or cry my soul asleep by this never-ending drought?Featured Shared StoryI grew up watching my dad and mum argue every single night, he bashed her, over and over again. If it hurt me and I was only watching, imagine being her. Attacked with a chair, with a beer...
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Fear Itself Is Undefined
What Causes Fear?I lie on my bed, soaking my pillow with my tears.
I try to remember exactly what it is that I fear.
Is it the passing of time or the love that I lack?
Is it the mistakes that I've made or the fact that I can't bring the past back?Featured Shared StoryI deal with the same things every day...the depression of my past and the pain that I have lived through with traumatizing moments since I was a young child. Growing up, I've been through a...
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Baby Blues
Fear Of Children Inheriting Depression And AnxietyNo words can describe what I feel when I look at you.
The glory of your smile brings light to this place.
So simple yet so impossible to understand.
Every move you make is taken in with grace.Featured Shared StoryThis is exactly how I feel. I have always suffered with mental health issues, but when my partner left me last year, I fell to pieces. Even more than a year on, I struggle every day with...
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Waiting For Truth
Poem About Waiting For Answers And Living With QuestionsWait, you say, but I want to know.
Wait, you say, but it's just so slow.
Do I need to live with the questions
Or simply wait for your confession? -
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Fear
My Biggest FearFear is the strangest thing,
as it comes from within our heads.
But that don't stop it tucking us in
when we're safe within our beds. -
Trusting
Poem About Learning To TrustPicture
Trusting someone
it's like walking with your eyes closed.
Trusting no one
is a sure way to lose those you hold close.Featured Shared StoryI can relate. I'm going through something like it with my boyfriend.
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Cry For Help!
Poem About Abusive RelationshipI thirst for help before it's too late.
I stand alone in the darkness as I lay.
The might of his fist feels like burning coal.
The power of his kick ordains the soul.Featured Shared StoryI'm 14 and it's in the past, but this reminds me of an abusive parent/person whenever I read this.
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He Is Here
Poem About Childhood Mental AbuseWhen her mother's gone,
the little child's body feels revealed,
for the shadows speak, you are not alone.
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