Poems about Mental Health and Mental Illness
#MentalHealth
Poems written by those experiencing mental illness, mental disorders and other mental health problems. You'll also find poetry written by loved ones of sufferers. A bold and honest glimpse into the reality of mental illness.
PoetSpeak
Poem Published
Today 11:39am
Today 11:39am
Life Interrupted
I want to go to the store
I want to go to a movie
I want to go for a beer
I want to go out for dinner
I want to go to the post office
I want to go to the bank
I want to go to the park
I want to talk to my neighbor
I want to get a haircut
Life interrupted
I want to go to a movie
I want to go for a beer
I want to go out for dinner
I want to go to the post office
I want to go to the bank
I want to go to the park
I want to talk to my neighbor
I want to get a haircut
Life interrupted
#MentalHealth
24 reads
8 Comments
Olivia-H
Poem Published
Today 7:06am
Today 7:06am
Isolation
You Matter
I Matter
We Matter
You Matter
I Matter
We Matter
I Matter
We Matter
You Matter
I Matter
We Matter
#TruthOfLife
#MentalHealth
#LifeChangingMoment
12 reads
3 Comments
LokiOfLiterati
Poem Published
Yesterday 7:21pm
Yesterday 7:21pm
Pages torn from a hustler's journal: 14
If China and the U.S. form a strong economic partnership, how much will our culture change from adopting their legislative practices? China is the ultimate social laboratory gone off the rails. No regulations, no stopping, no checks and balances, just a system designed for infinite growth, replicating itself and improving at a killer refresh rate. It’s like the national version of Moore’s Law in effect, with memory speed and capacity doubling every 6 months. America will mimic what China does. Whatever they’re doing in China they’ll do over here in 20 years. There’s no way our leaders aren’t...
#power
#America
#MentalHealth #dirty
#MentalHealth #dirty
20 reads
0 Comments
manic_pixie_dream
Poem Published
Yesterday 2:40am
Yesterday 2:40am
Lies in between stanzas
when i say that i am not a poet,
i don’t mean that i am not passionate.
i’m passionate about things that don’t rhyme.
i’m passionate about abortions and the economy.
i’m passionate about healthcare and human rights.
i’m passionate about the wage gap hear thigh gaps.
when i say that i am not a poet,
i mean that i can’t think of clever metaphors for disasters
for rape
or misogyny.
i mean that i don’t understand the difference between who and whom, but who does?
i mean that i will not dismantle the patriarchy with flowering words
with...
i don’t mean that i am not passionate.
i’m passionate about things that don’t rhyme.
i’m passionate about abortions and the economy.
i’m passionate about healthcare and human rights.
i’m passionate about the wage gap hear thigh gaps.
when i say that i am not a poet,
i mean that i can’t think of clever metaphors for disasters
for rape
or misogyny.
i mean that i don’t understand the difference between who and whom, but who does?
i mean that i will not dismantle the patriarchy with flowering words
with...
#identity
#MentalHealth
#HumanRights
#feminism
#choices
8 reads
0 Comments
glfinding
Poem Published
Yesterday 1:18am
Yesterday 1:18am
I Give You The Corona
#death
#illness
#MentalHealth
31 reads
AS_SyringeBlacklon
Alexi Dillon
Alexi Dillon
Poem Published
26th Mar 2020 2:30pm
26th Mar 2020 2:30pm
"Dying Alive"
Skin and bones, becoming one/ muscles and limbs, began to ache/-/ desire drains, and so do I/ self will, is a lie/-//
Passions and joy, are gone again/ silent screams, fill the night/-/heart turns cold, from being torn/ soul is drowned, in this storm/-//
Light is fading from my eyes/ my voice grows heavy with silence/ to all the colors I say goodbye/ solid feet no more to dance/-/heart no red to show anymore/ my strength goes away/ no meaning or purpose/ as my story comes to end/-//
Should get help, but cannot move/ for depression, take it's toll/ -/...
Passions and joy, are gone again/ silent screams, fill the night/-/heart turns cold, from being torn/ soul is drowned, in this storm/-//
Light is fading from my eyes/ my voice grows heavy with silence/ to all the colors I say goodbye/ solid feet no more to dance/-/heart no red to show anymore/ my strength goes away/ no meaning or purpose/ as my story comes to end/-//
Should get help, but cannot move/ for depression, take it's toll/ -/...
#depression
#drugs
#addiction
#MentalHealth
#EatingDisorder
36 reads
3 Comments
Morganpoet
Poem Published
25th Mar 2020 11:12am
25th Mar 2020 11:12am
EXPOSE THE MIND
I’m going inside,
it’s not a nice place,
there’s too much confusion
for such limited space.
I’m breathing real deep,
I’m slowing right down,
holding my tongue,
releasing my frown.
I’m not going to tell
what it is I find,
it can be detrimental
to expose the mind
to interpretation of
an outside source.
Morganpoet
it’s not a nice place,
there’s too much confusion
for such limited space.
I’m breathing real deep,
I’m slowing right down,
holding my tongue,
releasing my frown.
I’m not going to tell
what it is I find,
it can be detrimental
to expose the mind
to interpretation of
an outside source.
Morganpoet
#MentalHealth
31 reads
3 Comments
1Docmcruz
Nourish Cruz
Nourish Cruz
Poem Published
23rd Mar 2020 6:22pm
23rd Mar 2020 6:22pm
Quarantine- Only 14 days
6 feet away!
or 6 feet under...
as God bless yous turn into condemnation
“Cover your fucking mouth!”
COVID...what if we called them Kobe or Gianna
instead of John & Jane Doe?
would they pay attention then?!
how many deaths
or who’s death before we all stay home?
how many children will forget about Batman
and glorify heroes in lab coats?
I turned off my alarm
but worry still wakes...
or 6 feet under...
as God bless yous turn into condemnation
“Cover your fucking mouth!”
COVID...what if we called them Kobe or Gianna
instead of John & Jane Doe?
would they pay attention then?!
how many deaths
or who’s death before we all stay home?
how many children will forget about Batman
and glorify heroes in lab coats?
I turned off my alarm
but worry still wakes...
#politics
#God
#MentalHealth
#SelfReflection
#responsibility
57 reads
5 Comments
dartford
Paul S...
Paul S...
Poem Published
23rd Mar 2020 00:07am
23rd Mar 2020 00:07am
self isolation
and as for this whole social distancing
thing is, I've been doing it for years ..
thing is, I've been doing it for years ..
#MentalHealth
44 reads
2 Comments
WordScape
Casey Brock
Casey Brock
Poem Published
22nd Mar 2020 6:34pm
22nd Mar 2020 6:34pm
Miles Nowhere
Can you feel it in the air
Our love is falling everywhere
'Cause you don't want me
No you don't want me
Can you feel it in my soul
It's getting dark, it's getting cold
'Cause you don't want me
No you don't want me
Anymore...
I struggle and I fight with these demonic thoughts, as they persist as any thirsty THOT
Each and every breath is rapid, unrelenting, heavy, inhaling becoming ferocious rabid scary
Too much of a good thing, no longer remains sustaining
A panic attack is like a breathing suffocation
No resuscitation...
Our love is falling everywhere
'Cause you don't want me
No you don't want me
Can you feel it in my soul
It's getting dark, it's getting cold
'Cause you don't want me
No you don't want me
Anymore...
I struggle and I fight with these demonic thoughts, as they persist as any thirsty THOT
Each and every breath is rapid, unrelenting, heavy, inhaling becoming ferocious rabid scary
Too much of a good thing, no longer remains sustaining
A panic attack is like a breathing suffocation
No resuscitation...
#dark
#suicide
#MentalHealth
56 reads
0 Comments
Morganpoet
Poem Published
22nd Mar 2020 1:34pm
22nd Mar 2020 1:34pm
VIGILANCE
I choose the thoughts,
I choose the words,
I choose the feelings
so I deserve
whatever it is
I manifest,
an interesting game
a challenging test.
Vigilance is needed
in an effort to maintain
a way of life which
pleases the brain.
I must choose
to see the light,
it doesn’t have
to be a fight.
Morganpoet
I choose the words,
I choose the feelings
so I deserve
whatever it is
I manifest,
an interesting game
a challenging test.
Vigilance is needed
in an effort to maintain
a way of life which
pleases the brain.
I must choose
to see the light,
it doesn’t have
to be a fight.
Morganpoet
#MentalHealth
31 reads
4 Comments
NewBeginnings
Poem Published
22nd Mar 2020 2:44am
22nd Mar 2020 2:44am
Afflicted
Writing a rhyme, biding my time
For a day that will never come
Wasting away, I piddle and play,
And nothing ever gets done.
I sit in this room - my temple of gloom
Writing to you, these poems of sorrow
As I traverse the road to nowhere
In this city of no tomorrow.
I’m trapped in my ways, like a rat in a maze,
Struggling to find the light again.
Lost in the labyrinth of a lonely mind,
Where darkness is my only friend—
It’s time for me to close the circle,
To escape this sedentary cycle;
To...
For a day that will never come
Wasting away, I piddle and play,
And nothing ever gets done.
I sit in this room - my temple of gloom
Writing to you, these poems of sorrow
As I traverse the road to nowhere
In this city of no tomorrow.
I’m trapped in my ways, like a rat in a maze,
Struggling to find the light again.
Lost in the labyrinth of a lonely mind,
Where darkness is my only friend—
It’s time for me to close the circle,
To escape this sedentary cycle;
To...
#depression
#inspirational
#MentalHealth
#uplifting
#FeelingLost
103 reads
7 Comments
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