Mental Illness Poems - Page 3

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  1. 41. The Fire

    • By Sarah Gray
    • Published by Family Friend Poems February 2019 with permission of the Author.

    The fire that rages
    from within my rib cage is
    weakening the bones
    that should make me strong.

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  3. 42. Life Behind The Mask

    • By Louise
    • Published by Family Friend Poems June 2020 with permission of the Author.

    Deep inside her mind,
    Behind a picture-perfect smile,
    Lies a desolate, lonely place
    She hasn't visited for a while.

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    I related so much to this poem. As a middle school girl, this line from the poem, "Nobody knows her struggles. If only they would ask. She didn't have to fight this alone and hide behind a...

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  5. 43. Exhale Anxiety

    • By Raquel Franco
    • Published by Family Friend Poems April 2021 with permission of the Author.

    I send anxiety
    a cease and desist letter.
    I close her mouth.
    Unbind her gnawing disquiet,

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  6. 44. Am I Alone

    • By Siobhan Green
    • Published by Family Friend Poems August 2008 with permission of the Author.

    I get a funny feeling,
    it comes from deep inside.
    I get all mad and angry,
    wanting to go and hide.

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    I was diagnosed schizo-effective at 35 but I was having problems way before then. I began hearing voices when I was 29. I lost who I was and became something else. I was always wild and...

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  7. 45. I'll Fight For Her

    • By Joshua J. Siferd
    • Published by Family Friend Poems February 2018 with permission of the Author.

    She can be a handful.
    Yes, this is true.
    But you won't look at her
    In the ways that I do.

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  8. 46. My Ritual

    • By Donna Jozwiak
    • Published by Family Friend Poems June 2011 with permission of the Author.

    In the early hours,
    As most should be sleeping,
    I sit in our bedroom window and perform a ritual.
    Smoking a cigarette, wrapped tightly in a blanket,

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  9. 47. I Don't Know

    • By Kayla L. Jenkins
    • Published by Family Friend Poems September 2020 with permission of the Author.

    I don't know how to tell you I'm afraid without feeling weak.
    I don't know how to tell you I'm hurting and how I wish this pain would cease.
    I don't know how to tell you I'm lonely without feeling incomplete.
    I don't know how to tell you I'm tired and how I wish this burden would decrease.

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  10. 48. Puppet

    • By Katie Q. McKee
    • Published by Family Friend Poems July 2018 with permission of the Author.

    The despair that holds her back tugs on her heartstrings
    But like a puppet she will obediently play along

    She was once optimistic and filled with joy

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    The puppet was me. I still feel like that sometimes. Last year I had to break the strings. I was in an 8 year relationships. I was his puppet. Whatever he said to do, I had to do it or he...

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  11. 49. Voices

    • By Bella B.
    • Published by Family Friend Poems November 2013 with permission of the Author.

    I hear them there every day.
    Why will they not go away?
    They tell me that I'll be betrayed.
    Will it really be that way?

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    Just wanted to say that I loved your poem. I can relate to it so well because I have those same voices inside my head since I was like 15 and I'm almost 49 now and they are even worse today...

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  12. 50. The Truth

    • By Caley House
    • Published by Family Friend Poems November 2013 with permission of the Author.

    Slippery, sweet, syrupy words sticking in my brain
    A lie
    They won't go away no matter how much I try to send them back to where they came from
    A lie

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  13. 51. Take A Step Back

    • By Aaron Stone
    • Published by Family Friend Poems October 2017 with permission of the Author.

    Take a step back,
    Learn how to breathe.
    Take a step back
    And just be.

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    This was a beautiful poem about taking control. I deeply enjoyed this, especially because at the moment, I am going under quite a large amount of stress. There is a huge exam that includes...

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  14. 52. Light As A Feather, Thin As A Rail

    • By Coral Leffew
    • Published by Family Friend Poems April 2011 with permission of the Author.

    If one day, I could have a helium balloon,
    And be carried away with just one little bloom,
    The petals sweep around me, light enough to fly,
    So little to eat, surprised I did not die,

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    I have an eating disorder and it hurts inside. These poems really help

  15. 53. Finding Peace

    • By John Baumgartner
    • Published by Family Friend Poems October 2016 with permission of the Author.

    Turmoil covers my eyes and my heart.
    It never leaves me in day or dark.
    Combat changed me to this way.
    Hate and death seem to be with me to stay.

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  16. 54. Voices

    • By Joanna
    • Published by Family Friend Poems July 2012 with permission of the Author.

    Flashbacks run through my mind
    My hands find their way to my hair
    They grab, pull, scratch
    "STOP IT!" I try to scream

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  17. 55. Music Of Wakefulness

    It is in the dark of night
    When insomnia sings me awake
    To the tune of lullabies
    And the rhythm of mindful blight.

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    I love the intimacy between the poet and these "hindrances." The relationship between nature, insomnia and anxiety around the poet at first is inviting, and calming. It isn't until daylight,...

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  18. 56. Hello, I Love You, Goodbye

    • By Taylor Jones
    • Published by Family Friend Poems January 1, 2024 with permission of the Author.

    hello, I love you, goodbye.
    Sometimes I wonder why I try.

    most days seem the same;

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