PTSD Poems
#PTSD
PTSD poems, poetry about post-traumatic stress disorder, an anxiety disorder caused by experiencing a distressing event, like combat, a natural disaster, a car accident or an assault. PTSD can cause a sufferer to relive the traumatic event through nightmares and flashbacks, and they may experience feelings of isolation and guilt. PTSD symptoms are often severe enough to have a significant impact on a person’s day-to-day life.
LiamReeduus
LiamReedus
LiamReedus
Poem Published
22nd Aug 2019 1:36am
22nd Aug 2019 1:36am
Easiest i can explain
I cant hide my intentions
Everything in me draws out to my ambitions
Every right or wrong ive had to live with my decisions
Until she walked in eveyone had my suspiciouns
Not quiet the life I had invisioned
When you walked in it changed my mission
Not a complaint but a praise to my woman with confession
Learning to tame my inner aggression
Cause your the one thing i cant have a division
So im just trying to show love where its do
Every amazing thing i have in me came from you
You know im forever in love its true
Im not...
Everything in me draws out to my ambitions
Every right or wrong ive had to live with my decisions
Until she walked in eveyone had my suspiciouns
Not quiet the life I had invisioned
When you walked in it changed my mission
Not a complaint but a praise to my woman with confession
Learning to tame my inner aggression
Cause your the one thing i cant have a division
So im just trying to show love where its do
Every amazing thing i have in me came from you
You know im forever in love its true
Im not...
#anxiety
#insomnia
#PTSD
#nightmares
#cancer
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PlaydateWithFire
Poem Published
22nd Aug 2019 00:11am
22nd Aug 2019 00:11am
Breaking through the twenty two.
The fire has long since
burned out.
Acrid smoke memories linger in
the nostrils of a war torn
spirit.
Once deafening battle cries muted
the whispers of doubt.
Reduced down to a subliminal hum,
only the warriors can
hear it.
Not easily cleansed is the blood
stained heart.
Graphic images chiseled into the
mind, replaying what they've
been through.
Rage and sorrow sever these
men apart.
Left with an unending struggle
never to be one of the
twenty two.
burned out.
Acrid smoke memories linger in
the nostrils of a war torn
spirit.
Once deafening battle cries muted
the whispers of doubt.
Reduced down to a subliminal hum,
only the warriors can
hear it.
Not easily cleansed is the blood
stained heart.
Graphic images chiseled into the
mind, replaying what they've
been through.
Rage and sorrow sever these
men apart.
Left with an unending struggle
never to be one of the
twenty two.
#soldiers
#LifeStruggles
#PTSD
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crimsin
Unveiling
Unveiling
Poem Published
21st Aug 2019 5:55pm
21st Aug 2019 5:55pm
slip sideways
I'm losing my mind I feel it
slip sideways and look back
tears flood my eyes for a man I don't know
only well enough to touch his soul
I digress...
this is how it goes these days
a collective stream of thought
where I connect on a level not seen but known
I have to test each soul
to discover if they be family or foe
enemies are always at the gates
pulling on my thoughts
pushing in trying to pick through memory
sitting down at negotiations
war is ever-present
for what?
POWER
I...
slip sideways and look back
tears flood my eyes for a man I don't know
only well enough to touch his soul
I digress...
this is how it goes these days
a collective stream of thought
where I connect on a level not seen but known
I have to test each soul
to discover if they be family or foe
enemies are always at the gates
pulling on my thoughts
pushing in trying to pick through memory
sitting down at negotiations
war is ever-present
for what?
POWER
I...
#war
#MentalHealth
#PTSD
45 reads
5 Comments
darlingxxdesolate
Poem Published
19th Aug 2019 6:18pm
19th Aug 2019 6:18pm
Apprehension
Dancing on broken glass
Awaiting an invitation
deafening silence
I can feel myself breaking
Suffocating thoughts
Words escape me
Here I lay waiting
For you
Awaiting an invitation
deafening silence
I can feel myself breaking
Suffocating thoughts
Words escape me
Here I lay waiting
For you
#anxiety
#confessional
#PTSD #hurt
#PTSD #hurt
38 reads
2 Comments
TheMonsterfromHe11
Poem Published
18th Aug 2019 7:34am
18th Aug 2019 7:34am
Rotten
He made my insides rot.
What was supposed to maintain a life, now held death and decay.
Inside, I crack and piece by piece.
It fell out, a little glimpse into what could’ve been.
Held in my hands were flesh of an opportunity I never got to know.
A person, I’ll never get to know.
All because he didn’t want you.
But I wanted you, I always have and always will.
In stilled in me is a deep seeded fear.
Not being able to have the opportunity come by again.
To have these pieces sustain...
What was supposed to maintain a life, now held death and decay.
Inside, I crack and piece by piece.
It fell out, a little glimpse into what could’ve been.
Held in my hands were flesh of an opportunity I never got to know.
A person, I’ll never get to know.
All because he didn’t want you.
But I wanted you, I always have and always will.
In stilled in me is a deep seeded fear.
Not being able to have the opportunity come by again.
To have these pieces sustain...
#anxiety
#dark
#death
#LifeStruggles
#PTSD
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darlingxxdesolate
Poem Published
16th Aug 2019 3:02pm
16th Aug 2019 3:02pm
Take Your Joy
Open wide and shove it in
Gulp it down
And force a grin
Take your joy
They laugh at me
Expecting me to be
Anyone else but Zee
Take your joy
And ask no questions
Side effects give no direction
Lost between the light & darkness
Here comes a frown,
Oh no, she needs another now
Never lasting long enough
This joy is just really a bluff
Gulp it down
And force a grin
Take your joy
They laugh at me
Expecting me to be
Anyone else but Zee
Take your joy
And ask no questions
Side effects give no direction
Lost between the light & darkness
Here comes a frown,
Oh no, she needs another now
Never lasting long enough
This joy is just really a bluff
#anxiety
#depression
#dark #PTSD
#dark #PTSD
54 reads
4 Comments
Jadedembers
Poem Published
16th Aug 2019 2:43am
16th Aug 2019 2:43am
Caged
Paralyzing my mind to dig a new thinking path to travel in your search for the perfect toy.
Shut inside this fear that you so enjoy.
To you I'm only an object to own and to do with what you will.
Perching hypocritical upon your seat of bones while pulling my fingernails out of their beds. Enjoying the anguish like a masochistic lover.
Drowning me to take away my breath, and refusing to give it back until I'm on the precipice...
Taunting me with your beloved loaded and ready-to- shoot 1911with pearl side grips.
Damaging my body so I'm...
Shut inside this fear that you so enjoy.
To you I'm only an object to own and to do with what you will.
Perching hypocritical upon your seat of bones while pulling my fingernails out of their beds. Enjoying the anguish like a masochistic lover.
Drowning me to take away my breath, and refusing to give it back until I'm on the precipice...
Taunting me with your beloved loaded and ready-to- shoot 1911with pearl side grips.
Damaging my body so I'm...
#violence
#abuse
#MentalHealth
#PTSD
#DomesticViolence
55 reads
2 Comments
Wordsunspoken88
Savannah
Savannah
Poem Published
10th Aug 2019 1:30am
10th Aug 2019 1:30am
Suicide
#anxiety
#depression
#SelfHarm
#MentalHealth
#PTSD
66 reads
0 Comments
darlingxxdesolate
Poem Published
9th Aug 2019 8:21pm
9th Aug 2019 8:21pm
Aches
The aches
The ache
Brittles bones like wafers
Crumbling feathery and sugar coated
Constant agony like rabid rats clawing clawing at my insides
Painting red balloons upon the floor
Floating away into the clouds
Bursting like thunder penetrating into the night
Unwelcomed and unwanted
Pressing me down harder
Swallowing bits of glass
Taken with mercury spoons
The blue little circles taste like
Forgotten memories and soap
The orange squares that make me gag
Drenched in sweaty nightmares
Oh...
The ache
Brittles bones like wafers
Crumbling feathery and sugar coated
Constant agony like rabid rats clawing clawing at my insides
Painting red balloons upon the floor
Floating away into the clouds
Bursting like thunder penetrating into the night
Unwelcomed and unwanted
Pressing me down harder
Swallowing bits of glass
Taken with mercury spoons
The blue little circles taste like
Forgotten memories and soap
The orange squares that make me gag
Drenched in sweaty nightmares
Oh...
#dark
#bipolar
#drugs
#PTSD
#emptiness
53 reads
3 Comments
anonymouslyhere
Poem Published
9th Aug 2019 11:56am
9th Aug 2019 11:56am
Childhood Drowning
I remember your awful hands
Clothes ripping
Showerhead dripping
Echoes vibrate
From fingers to toes
Those lights blinded me
Bareskin on a cold floor
Writhing, fighting
You took that away
Eventually
I was your puppet
I'm not sleeping
Sixteen fucking years
I'm in a cold-sweat
I'm still running
From your skin
You violent waste of sperm.
Clothes ripping
Showerhead dripping
Echoes vibrate
From fingers to toes
Those lights blinded me
Bareskin on a cold floor
Writhing, fighting
You took that away
Eventually
I was your puppet
I'm not sleeping
Sixteen fucking years
I'm in a cold-sweat
I'm still running
From your skin
You violent waste of sperm.
#depression
#violence
#abuse
#LifeStruggles
#PTSD
66 reads
Addi82
Poem Published
7th Aug 2019 9:36pm
7th Aug 2019 9:36pm
remedy to my insanity
remedy to my insanity
whats this you speak
you say you can fix me
your old idea just needed a tweak
just try it and see
just talk to my shrink
take two more pills
write down everything i think
keep track of every emotion i feel
is this it, can it be
did they finally get it right
find a remedy to my insanity
is normality actually in site
will it quiet the voices
ease my fears
help me make the right choices
stop all my tears
is it really real
will i finally be ok
or will i be this way still ...
whats this you speak
you say you can fix me
your old idea just needed a tweak
just try it and see
just talk to my shrink
take two more pills
write down everything i think
keep track of every emotion i feel
is this it, can it be
did they finally get it right
find a remedy to my insanity
is normality actually in site
will it quiet the voices
ease my fears
help me make the right choices
stop all my tears
is it really real
will i finally be ok
or will i be this way still ...
#depression
#SelfHarm
#bipolar
#MentalHealth
#PTSD
25 reads
1 Comment
darlingxxdesolate
Poem Published
6th Aug 2019 7:51pm
6th Aug 2019 7:51pm
Hmm
How can I find the words to say
Tangled words within my mind
It's getting harder to find my rhymes
Perhaps this is all a dream
Perhaps this is a game
All I want to know is more than just your name
Anxiety stricken so its hard to push through
But something keeps telling me to speak with you
But then I remember the distance is great
And maybe you don't have room for me on your plate
But hope is a dangerous thing
Losing grip of everything
One last shot is all I've got left
So here's my last chance to try my...
Tangled words within my mind
It's getting harder to find my rhymes
Perhaps this is all a dream
Perhaps this is a game
All I want to know is more than just your name
Anxiety stricken so its hard to push through
But something keeps telling me to speak with you
But then I remember the distance is great
And maybe you don't have room for me on your plate
But hope is a dangerous thing
Losing grip of everything
One last shot is all I've got left
So here's my last chance to try my...
#anxiety
#PTSD
#admiration #crush
#admiration #crush
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