Long Poems About Mental Health
#MentalHealth
Long poems about mental health. 300 words or more, most recently published poems first.
Vision_of_insanity
Poem Published
16th Aug 2024 9:11pm
16th Aug 2024 9:11pm
Always get to know someone before visiting them
My good friend who I met several months back asked me to visit her in Texas
This was the 1st time ever coming to the Lone Star State
HELL YEAH!
We've spoken online, on the phone & through e-mail
She's a great woman
Knowledgeable, inquisitive, personable & very attractive
She lived quite far from the airport, so I decided to have an uber driver pick me up
The drive was over an hour
I told her that I was going to call when I arrived
When I finally arrived, I couldn't believe how much property she had
Living on the east coast, we don't...
This was the 1st time ever coming to the Lone Star State
HELL YEAH!
We've spoken online, on the phone & through e-mail
She's a great woman
Knowledgeable, inquisitive, personable & very attractive
She lived quite far from the airport, so I decided to have an uber driver pick me up
The drive was over an hour
I told her that I was going to call when I arrived
When I finally arrived, I couldn't believe how much property she had
Living on the east coast, we don't...
#fiction
#friendship
#MentalHealth
#murder
#ShortStory
138 reads
7 Comments
crimsin
Unveiling
Unveiling
Poem Published
16th Aug 2024 1:17am
16th Aug 2024 1:17am
mental health
seeing you smile while you ache in the cold breaks my heart
ending before there was a beginning I was finally getting to know your soul
I felt you coming closer to my sacred sanctuary
losing myself in your honesty
it was indifferent at first like you expected the worst of me
and when I offered you my best impression of what the world likes
you were honest and harsh
that surprised me you wanted the authentic me
that took me aback I was nervous about being bare in front of you
I sat back and watched you from my periphery
being...
ending before there was a beginning I was finally getting to know your soul
I felt you coming closer to my sacred sanctuary
losing myself in your honesty
it was indifferent at first like you expected the worst of me
and when I offered you my best impression of what the world likes
you were honest and harsh
that surprised me you wanted the authentic me
that took me aback I was nervous about being bare in front of you
I sat back and watched you from my periphery
being...
#MentalHealth
162 reads
6 Comments
Just-Rob
Poem Published
23rd Jul 2024 4:58pm
23rd Jul 2024 4:58pm
PSI
So in doing some research I come to realize I have PSI
Passive Suicidal Ideation
Basically, that means I want to die
But
I do not want to be the cause
I am unwilling to carry out the act myself
I hope for bad things to hsppen to me
Like a fatal car accident
A random shooting
An uncurable disease that will result in my death
A heart attack
Being struck by lightning
Anything that will result in my death
That I can feel no guilt about
...
Passive Suicidal Ideation
Basically, that means I want to die
But
I do not want to be the cause
I am unwilling to carry out the act myself
I hope for bad things to hsppen to me
Like a fatal car accident
A random shooting
An uncurable disease that will result in my death
A heart attack
Being struck by lightning
Anything that will result in my death
That I can feel no guilt about
...
#depression
#MentalHealth
#PTSD
#SelfDiscovery
#suicide
525 reads
6 Comments
HadesRising
Poem Published
18th Jul 2024 6:53am
18th Jul 2024 6:53am
KICKING A DEAD HORSE TO DEATH AGAIN : TALK TO ME
Stuck
And lost the dream
Feeding the beast
Whatever that means
Fuck
Peel from the bone
Coming undone
And eating the gun
Don't take it for granted
Darkness lives
In my granite heart
Cannot empathize only terrorize
The page exist to be my world, myself
Once lush with skeletal trees and full moons
Now lay barren with apocalyptic doom
Haunt my pen like before
My friends, kindred spirits
TALK TO ME
Guide my hand like before ...
And lost the dream
Feeding the beast
Whatever that means
Fuck
Peel from the bone
Coming undone
And eating the gun
Don't take it for granted
Darkness lives
In my granite heart
Cannot empathize only terrorize
The page exist to be my world, myself
Once lush with skeletal trees and full moons
Now lay barren with apocalyptic doom
Haunt my pen like before
My friends, kindred spirits
TALK TO ME
Guide my hand like before ...
#dark
#MentalHealth
188 reads
2 Comments
Just-Rob
Poem Published
16th Jul 2024 00:35am
16th Jul 2024 00:35am
Devour
For as long as I can remember Ive been sick in my head
I lay in my bed
Wondering why I'm not dead
I try to push ahead
But Im running in place
Getting nowhere and its broken my faith
No matter what happens or how good a moment might be
There's always a feeling thats hopeless in me
Unable to see
A way that I can be free
Drowning in the deepest abyss
But the thought of no longer living is giving me bliss
My daughter said there's something wrong in my head
Cuz my brain isn't supposed to wanna be dead
Im trying to...
I lay in my bed
Wondering why I'm not dead
I try to push ahead
But Im running in place
Getting nowhere and its broken my faith
No matter what happens or how good a moment might be
There's always a feeling thats hopeless in me
Unable to see
A way that I can be free
Drowning in the deepest abyss
But the thought of no longer living is giving me bliss
My daughter said there's something wrong in my head
Cuz my brain isn't supposed to wanna be dead
Im trying to...
#dark
#depression
#despair #MentalHealth
#despair #MentalHealth
297 reads
5 Comments
Northern_Soul
Poem Published
12th Jul 2024 7:44pm
12th Jul 2024 7:44pm
Friday, 19:44
My phone has 17 tabs open. I look at an encyclopaedia of craft patterns and recipes and weird facts I’ve shared with weirder friends. I don’t want to get frustrated by it, but I do, because that’s my mind so we discovered in therapy - my phone is my mind. The tabs are open, constantly refreshing, constantly flickering in the background.
I spent the whole morning talking about stress. How I deal with it. How it chews me up, spits me out. How much I’ve inherited the neurotic shoes of my Mother as they slide neatly under the desk at night. And I hate that I’m like that. I hate that...
I spent the whole morning talking about stress. How I deal with it. How it chews me up, spits me out. How much I’ve inherited the neurotic shoes of my Mother as they slide neatly under the desk at night. And I hate that I’m like that. I hate that...
#anxiety
#DomesticViolence
#LifeStruggles
#MentalHealth
#StreamOfConsciousness
199 reads
1 Comment
SweetKittyCat5
Poem Published
12th Jul 2024 7:37pm
12th Jul 2024 7:37pm
Sexsomnia (The Pleasure Principle)
I do hope everyone has been enjoying the rewards of summer, the beautiful rays of the sunshine, the firecrackers, the cookouts, family reunion, summer vacation, for college/school, its time to inhale and exhale.
I would like to take the time to bless my medical journal with discussing a silent disorder, few do not know what this disorder is, yet, many have never even heard about.
Within this realm we call life, we try on a daily basis to take care of our body with selecting healthier food, which would fuel the body, infusing our metabolism with...
I would like to take the time to bless my medical journal with discussing a silent disorder, few do not know what this disorder is, yet, many have never even heard about.
Within this realm we call life, we try on a daily basis to take care of our body with selecting healthier food, which would fuel the body, infusing our metabolism with...
#MentalHealth
#sex
394 reads
4 Comments
Vision_of_insanity
Poem Published
9th Jul 2024 8:23pm
9th Jul 2024 8:23pm
You say WELCOME, I say enter
Everyone out there is so friendly
Large, long wooden signs near the front door that say WELCOME
Ok!
Don't have to tell me twice
During my breaks and lunch, I go for walks in and around my neighborhood
Many people aren't home
Here in NY most people lock their doors, have doorbell camera systems and some even have surveillance all around their property
What a pity
Instead of getting myself in trouble by breaking & entering
I find that the people with those WELCOME signs and have their front door open are the ones that are my kind of...
Large, long wooden signs near the front door that say WELCOME
Ok!
Don't have to tell me twice
During my breaks and lunch, I go for walks in and around my neighborhood
Many people aren't home
Here in NY most people lock their doors, have doorbell camera systems and some even have surveillance all around their property
What a pity
Instead of getting myself in trouble by breaking & entering
I find that the people with those WELCOME signs and have their front door open are the ones that are my kind of...
#food
#MentalHealth
#murder
#violence
#women
171 reads
15 Comments
Vision_of_insanity
Poem Published
11th Jun 2024 8:46pm
11th Jun 2024 8:46pm
Snap, Crackle, Kill
When I was little boy back in the mid 1980's
Cereal was my go to for most of my breakfasts
My mother would only buy the "healthy" cereals
Stuff like Wheaties, Chex, Kelloggs Raisin Bran, Cheerios and Rice Krispies
YUCK!
My younger brother & I were never allowed to have Cookie Crisp, Lucky Charms, Fruit Loops, Count Chocula and many many others
No cereals with marbits
That's the dehydrated marshmallow's that have a texture of Styrofoam
We would beg & plead with her, but to no avail
When we would go over to our friends...
Cereal was my go to for most of my breakfasts
My mother would only buy the "healthy" cereals
Stuff like Wheaties, Chex, Kelloggs Raisin Bran, Cheerios and Rice Krispies
YUCK!
My younger brother & I were never allowed to have Cookie Crisp, Lucky Charms, Fruit Loops, Count Chocula and many many others
No cereals with marbits
That's the dehydrated marshmallow's that have a texture of Styrofoam
We would beg & plead with her, but to no avail
When we would go over to our friends...
#food
#MentalHealth
#mother
#nostalgia
#violence
192 reads
9 Comments
PurrfectlyPoetic
Purr
Purr
Poem Published
11th Jun 2024 6:52pm
11th Jun 2024 6:52pm
Venting with a tired growl
#anxiety
#bipolar
#depression
#MentalHealth
#PTSD
123 reads
1 Comment
Indie
Miss Indie
Miss Indie
Poem Published
8th Jun 2024 6:05am
8th Jun 2024 6:05am
bittersweet memories (Paula)
#bipolar
#dark
#ForbiddenLove
#MentalHealth
#UnrequitedLove
118 reads
2 Comments
Pinkdreams
Poem Published
4th Jun 2024 3:37am
4th Jun 2024 3:37am
The Dominant Drug Fairy
Lately,
No, for quite some time,
I've wanted to jettison my cerebral graveyard
shove it like a bag of skeletons and moldy rags
down my 4th story trash chute
I count down the days until my psychiatry appointment
hoping this doctor is more than just a drug fairy
I smile as I shake his hand
breezily ask him to excuse my appearance
I came straight from school
closing out my classroom for the year
moving to a new room
stacking tables!
carrying heavy boxes!
Ha ha!
Three minutes later,
I'm cralking: ...
No, for quite some time,
I've wanted to jettison my cerebral graveyard
shove it like a bag of skeletons and moldy rags
down my 4th story trash chute
I count down the days until my psychiatry appointment
hoping this doctor is more than just a drug fairy
I smile as I shake his hand
breezily ask him to excuse my appearance
I came straight from school
closing out my classroom for the year
moving to a new room
stacking tables!
carrying heavy boxes!
Ha ha!
Three minutes later,
I'm cralking: ...
#MentalHealth
#sex
210 reads
11 Comments
DU Poetry : Long Poems About Mental Health
