Poems About Mental Health by Top Critiquers
#MentalHealth
Poems about mental health by top critiquers. Poems written by members who have given lots of feedback to other poets this month.
Bluevelvete
Poem Published
23rd Oct 2022 12:16pm
23rd Oct 2022 12:16pm
The perfect storm
I stray
from where it's warm
choose the perfection
of icy wind
cutting me
in tidy little ribbons
releasing anxious pain
in whispered
rivulets
It's my way;
wandering alone
roaming far away
from hearth and home
unharbored— jettisoned
finding rapture in ruins
my own shipwrecked architect
Squalls carry familiar sounds,
recognition is a meandering thought
slivers of miracles
erode time
tamp down depression
refreshing stagnant minds
hailing the horizon's harmonic...
from where it's warm
choose the perfection
of icy wind
cutting me
in tidy little ribbons
releasing anxious pain
in whispered
rivulets
It's my way;
wandering alone
roaming far away
from hearth and home
unharbored— jettisoned
finding rapture in ruins
my own shipwrecked architect
Squalls carry familiar sounds,
recognition is a meandering thought
slivers of miracles
erode time
tamp down depression
refreshing stagnant minds
hailing the horizon's harmonic...
#anxiety
#sea
#MentalHealth
#metaphor
#SelfDiscovery
606 reads
47 Comments
SweetKittyCat5
Poem Published
13th Apr 2023 1:46am
13th Apr 2023 1:46am
Enlightment
Is the greatest reward to accept one’s fate as we bow unto the carnal pleasures of sin, we give hearts and minds unto another, the lending of our flesh, the gratification felt within the sole act.
Is it better to love with your mind than your body, giving unto another your deepest thoughts, which the subconscious covets, yet, your heart refusing to adhere.
Where the liaison of the mind becomes obsessional, the journeys to merge thoughts co-mingling, whereas, the truth of the heart refuses to stop the course of the mind’s serendipity actions; rather it is...
Is it better to love with your mind than your body, giving unto another your deepest thoughts, which the subconscious covets, yet, your heart refusing to adhere.
Where the liaison of the mind becomes obsessional, the journeys to merge thoughts co-mingling, whereas, the truth of the heart refuses to stop the course of the mind’s serendipity actions; rather it is...
#TruthOfLife
#MentalHealth
#feminism #philosophical
#feminism #philosophical
304 reads
7 Comments
PoetSpeak
Poem Published
9th Feb 2023 5:58pm
9th Feb 2023 5:58pm
I Want to Watch you Take a Shit Part 2
Who does that ?
I repeat WHO DOES THAT ??
You'd be surprised
The most personal of personal acts rudely interrupted
A watcher is in the house dear
Oh good
Maybe she'll stay for dinner
That's right
Not your typical male perv
It's a she
She lives for this
Double flush
I repeat WHO DOES THAT ??
You'd be surprised
The most personal of personal acts rudely interrupted
A watcher is in the house dear
Oh good
Maybe she'll stay for dinner
That's right
Not your typical male perv
It's a she
She lives for this
Double flush
#women
#funny
#MentalHealth
#humankind
#philosophical
148 reads
20 Comments
buddhakitty
Poem Published
9th Sep 2018 5:54am
9th Sep 2018 5:54am
etiology
my mother always
told me to chew
my food one
hundred times
before I
swallowed
I only chewed
ninetynine
...that must be
why I'm so
fucked up
(c) 2018 R.R. Zinn
told me to chew
my food one
hundred times
before I
swallowed
I only chewed
ninetynine
...that must be
why I'm so
fucked up
(c) 2018 R.R. Zinn
#MentalHealth
449 reads
13 Comments
Betty
Poem Published
11th Apr 2023 5:48pm
11th Apr 2023 5:48pm
Mild OCD:A single thought spiral
Penny for your thoughts.”
… in a single open-shut of my eyes I take the penny and….
Don’t eat that, don’t eat that, don’t eat that,
my god how much do you weigh, weigh,
how much does it weigh,
it’s 14 ounces but it has to be 12
12
12
Today.
So I can divide it by four.
I wish I knew why.
Not that song. Not that song.
Fuck, I hate that song,
and I’m awake at 3 a.m.
listening to the refrain
over and over and over and
Why. Why did you. ...
… in a single open-shut of my eyes I take the penny and….
Don’t eat that, don’t eat that, don’t eat that,
my god how much do you weigh, weigh,
how much does it weigh,
it’s 14 ounces but it has to be 12
12
12
Today.
So I can divide it by four.
I wish I knew why.
Not that song. Not that song.
Fuck, I hate that song,
and I’m awake at 3 a.m.
listening to the refrain
over and over and over and
Why. Why did you. ...
#anxiety
#OCD
#MentalHealth #FallingInLove
#MentalHealth #FallingInLove
252 reads
18 Comments
AspergerPoet56
Poem Published
30th Apr 2022 5:54am
30th Apr 2022 5:54am
Dirty Spit
dirty
lousy
germ ridden
like
a used
condom
nothing
is what
i am
of no
real
consequence
curdled
milk in
the fridge
cold
stewed
tea
a bitter
after
taste
that you
try to
spit out
lousy
germ ridden
like
a used
condom
nothing
is what
i am
of no
real
consequence
curdled
milk in
the fridge
cold
stewed
tea
a bitter
after
taste
that you
try to
spit out
#depression
#MentalHealth
#apathy #SelfWorth
#apathy #SelfWorth
394 reads
3 Comments
ClovenTongue34
Poem Published
21st Mar 2023 8:49am
21st Mar 2023 8:49am
Bloodstains For Fashion Statements
Making idol of emotion
When feelings are god
And you wear your demons on your sleeve
Worshipping a distinguished tragedy that becomes you
Pursing image in place of identity
Finding belonging through glorified misery
Auction your scars to the highest bid of affection
Appraise your wounds till you can find the cleverest way to sell your sorrows
Like your making meaning of dwelling instead of healing
As if infection is catharsis
Set cries to melody with hearts ablaze with impassioned bitterness
Till the poison is trendy enough to swallow ...
When feelings are god
And you wear your demons on your sleeve
Worshipping a distinguished tragedy that becomes you
Pursing image in place of identity
Finding belonging through glorified misery
Auction your scars to the highest bid of affection
Appraise your wounds till you can find the cleverest way to sell your sorrows
Like your making meaning of dwelling instead of healing
As if infection is catharsis
Set cries to melody with hearts ablaze with impassioned bitterness
Till the poison is trendy enough to swallow ...
#sadness
#depression
#dark
#MentalHealth
#emotions
100 reads
0 Comments
wallyroo92
Poem Published
7th Apr 2023 7:11am
7th Apr 2023 7:11am
The HOTLINE
Walternate Universe HESU-97
“You’ll need to talk to your alternate, indirectly” TOTO said
“What do you mean?” I asked noticing his grim robotic voice
“There have been untimely occurrences across many worlds
And we believe you’ll alternate in the next will make a bad choice”
It was 11:21pm when the portal opened in a small dark hallway
Right away I felt an ominous heavy burden for this mission
The room down the hallway was a call center of some sort
A suicide hotline where people were there to help and listen
I gave the supervisor...
“You’ll need to talk to your alternate, indirectly” TOTO said
“What do you mean?” I asked noticing his grim robotic voice
“There have been untimely occurrences across many worlds
And we believe you’ll alternate in the next will make a bad choice”
It was 11:21pm when the portal opened in a small dark hallway
Right away I felt an ominous heavy burden for this mission
The room down the hallway was a call center of some sort
A suicide hotline where people were there to help and listen
I gave the supervisor...
#suicide
#MentalHealth
#NaPoWriMo2023
134 reads
4 Comments
Her
Poem Published
29th May 2023 10:49pm
29th May 2023 10:49pm
A Treasure House of Goodies
His thoughts and memories work overtime
Stuck in the prison of his own mind
Clanging his cage of pent up rage
He spews obsessions, untruths and arrogance
As I listen
No longer intently
Sometimes with only half an ear
Using television or music in the background to drown out my sorrow
As he tells me his brain is a treasure house of goodies
He has a plan for when he’s sprung from the psych ward
Medication free
Crack binges
And sex
He asks me if I want to travel
As I hear the convoluted designs he pours out of his mind and...
Stuck in the prison of his own mind
Clanging his cage of pent up rage
He spews obsessions, untruths and arrogance
As I listen
No longer intently
Sometimes with only half an ear
Using television or music in the background to drown out my sorrow
As he tells me his brain is a treasure house of goodies
He has a plan for when he’s sprung from the psych ward
Medication free
Crack binges
And sex
He asks me if I want to travel
As I hear the convoluted designs he pours out of his mind and...
#love
#heartbroken
#drugs
#addiction
#MentalHealth
65 reads
5 Comments
Tallen
earth_empath
earth_empath
Poem Published
23rd Apr 2022 6:12pm
23rd Apr 2022 6:12pm
Transmuting Psychosis
23 / 30
Transmuting Psychosis
I would settle for 30 seconds
of petrification
verses millions of years!
O how I yearn for
a personal dormition
staving off effects
of my lack of R.E.M., sleep.
I get a little psychotic
A two hour nap per night
21 hours per week
my average
before I get a wee bit crazy
This past night found me
freaking out
for I had a difficult time
telling the difference
between reality,
dream & half-sleep.
In May, I have a 4 hr...
Transmuting Psychosis
I would settle for 30 seconds
of petrification
verses millions of years!
O how I yearn for
a personal dormition
staving off effects
of my lack of R.E.M., sleep.
I get a little psychotic
A two hour nap per night
21 hours per week
my average
before I get a wee bit crazy
This past night found me
freaking out
for I had a difficult time
telling the difference
between reality,
dream & half-sleep.
In May, I have a 4 hr...
#dreams
#MentalHealth
#sleep #myself
#sleep #myself
205 reads
0 Comments
MidnightSonneteer
Poem Published
23rd Apr 2023 1:09am
23rd Apr 2023 1:09am
Clown Prince of Peace
God bless the men so troubled by mirth
Regarding what it did or did not mean
Relating to a resurrection's worth
Of Zombie Jesus as god's go between
Betwixt the fucked up state of mortal man
Conjectured forthwith from fact pending text
By desperation for a master plan
To assuage the cosmologist perplexed;
So hung up upon a point of pride
In a dubious testament anew
Where the insurrectionist Jesus died
With no further ego recompense ado,
Save, for the everlasting vanity
Of fundamentalist insanity.
Regarding what it did or did not mean
Relating to a resurrection's worth
Of Zombie Jesus as god's go between
Betwixt the fucked up state of mortal man
Conjectured forthwith from fact pending text
By desperation for a master plan
To assuage the cosmologist perplexed;
So hung up upon a point of pride
In a dubious testament anew
Where the insurrectionist Jesus died
With no further ego recompense ado,
Save, for the everlasting vanity
Of fundamentalist insanity.
#MentalHealth
88 reads
0 Comments
brokentitanium
k.
k.
Poem Published
7th Mar 2023 2:06am
7th Mar 2023 2:06am
Mind Dragons
The dragons lie on a pile of gold
That gold is mine --
my heart
my shine
On sunny days, they're asleep, out cold
And all is fine --
my heart
my shine
But danger comes when they start to wake
Must tiptoe to find
my heart
my shine
They rear their heads, speak a firy cage
And I'm sidelined --
my heart
my shine
I'm dimmed and silenced as they rage
Alone inside --
no heart
no shine
So I sing a dragon lullaby
'Til there's peace in my mind
and heart --
I shine. ...
That gold is mine --
my heart
my shine
On sunny days, they're asleep, out cold
And all is fine --
my heart
my shine
But danger comes when they start to wake
Must tiptoe to find
my heart
my shine
They rear their heads, speak a firy cage
And I'm sidelined --
my heart
my shine
I'm dimmed and silenced as they rage
Alone inside --
no heart
no shine
So I sing a dragon lullaby
'Til there's peace in my mind
and heart --
I shine. ...
#courage
#music
#dragons
#MentalHealth
#vulnerability
101 reads
8 Comments
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