Poems about Self Harm
#SelfHarm
Poetry about cutting and self harm may contain distressing poems about people battling with self harming behaviour, and the mental disorders which often accompany it.
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dfwtinman
Poem Published
29th Nov 2022 6:53pm
29th Nov 2022 6:53pm
Electroconvulsive Therapy
Spying exits, I contemplate my escape
as my wheelchair winds its way from
the ICU to the fifth floor psych ward.
I'm promised three meals a day,
served on trays that bear my name
(a name ostensibly Top Secret on this floor).
Next comes the forced sharing of painful
memories with other imperfect strangers.
A game played if we hope win our release.
Yet, there's no percentage in this slow attrition.
I go "All In" for the Gold Standard Treatment, ECT.
IV in place, I can't help but think about McMurphy,
locked...
as my wheelchair winds its way from
the ICU to the fifth floor psych ward.
I'm promised three meals a day,
served on trays that bear my name
(a name ostensibly Top Secret on this floor).
Next comes the forced sharing of painful
memories with other imperfect strangers.
A game played if we hope win our release.
Yet, there's no percentage in this slow attrition.
I go "All In" for the Gold Standard Treatment, ECT.
IV in place, I can't help but think about McMurphy,
locked...
#anxiety
#depression
#SelfHarm
#bipolar
#MentalHealth
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Shoveleaner
Poem Published
28th Nov 2022 9:18pm
28th Nov 2022 9:18pm
Jar of Worms
#anxiety
#SelfHarm
#addiction
#MentalHealth
#PTSD
25 reads
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Kaden_Malis
Kaden Malis
Kaden Malis
Poem Published
15th Nov 2022 6:19pm
15th Nov 2022 6:19pm
Ominous dreams
Vision of the future
Through ominous dreams
Death beyond death
To see what i've seen
It's what i'll be missing
After i'm gone
That sends a sharp chill
Straight through to my bones
Years in the future
Boys all grown
Outside in the yard
With kids of their own
And my beautiful wife
Tears of joy in her eyes
Standing hand in hand
With someone else by her side
And I'm just a memory
That's fuzzy and gray
They try to cling to
Before my sickness took me away
I awake with a...
Through ominous dreams
Death beyond death
To see what i've seen
It's what i'll be missing
After i'm gone
That sends a sharp chill
Straight through to my bones
Years in the future
Boys all grown
Outside in the yard
With kids of their own
And my beautiful wife
Tears of joy in her eyes
Standing hand in hand
With someone else by her side
And I'm just a memory
That's fuzzy and gray
They try to cling to
Before my sickness took me away
I awake with a...
#grief
#SelfHarm
#addiction
#nightmares
#fear
105 reads
2 Comments
BlueBeastGirl
Beasty
Beasty
Poem Published
26th Oct 2022 11:33pm
26th Oct 2022 11:33pm
alone in my dreams
Sometimes I drown in fantasy
A cute old house all for me
A garden kept by everyone before me
Tales written of lifetimes in the walls
And my own added to the chapters
Trees older than tripple my lifetime
My stomach hurts when I imagine it
I sacrificed my dream of it all
"Have no regrets" I constantly tell myself
Everything that happens is meaningless
Dreams are meant for when you're asleep
I'm watching time bleed through my fingers
I think of sand and glass and molten lava
And ponder upon deep stagnant waters
What would...
A cute old house all for me
A garden kept by everyone before me
Tales written of lifetimes in the walls
And my own added to the chapters
Trees older than tripple my lifetime
My stomach hurts when I imagine it
I sacrificed my dream of it all
"Have no regrets" I constantly tell myself
Everything that happens is meaningless
Dreams are meant for when you're asleep
I'm watching time bleed through my fingers
I think of sand and glass and molten lava
And ponder upon deep stagnant waters
What would...
#SelfHarm
#aging
#PTSD
#sacrifice
#vulnerability
122 reads
10 Comments
MYSTIKAL75
Poem Published
22nd Oct 2022 6:15am
22nd Oct 2022 6:15am
Plunge, Drop, and Nod
He feels the sharp.
Call out to someone - yeah he should.
Pain was filling all senses.
Now he thinks he's good.
Sit with me awhile if you could.
Numb it burns.
Something like a memory.
Close your eyes.
You try not to see.
Wreckage of what he is.
Illusion of what used to be.
Spittle stained toothless smile.
Nodding at a tiny thought.
Takeaway boxes litter a musky loft.
Burns mottle chairs, ashes overflow cans.
Is this what you dreamed of when you thought of being a man?
Who are you anymore?
A...
Call out to someone - yeah he should.
Pain was filling all senses.
Now he thinks he's good.
Sit with me awhile if you could.
Numb it burns.
Something like a memory.
Close your eyes.
You try not to see.
Wreckage of what he is.
Illusion of what used to be.
Spittle stained toothless smile.
Nodding at a tiny thought.
Takeaway boxes litter a musky loft.
Burns mottle chairs, ashes overflow cans.
Is this what you dreamed of when you thought of being a man?
Who are you anymore?
A...
#depression
#SelfHarm
#addiction #MentalHealth
#addiction #MentalHealth
169 reads
2 Comments
KittyFromHell
Poem Published
22nd Oct 2022 00:53am
22nd Oct 2022 00:53am
All Written Out
Beautiful words escape me
As they waft through the cracks of my home
Like cigarette smoke and mold particles
Dancing around my aching head
Before they leave me just a little more sick
And depraved.
As they waft through the cracks of my home
Like cigarette smoke and mold particles
Dancing around my aching head
Before they leave me just a little more sick
And depraved.
#loneliness
#SelfHarm
#SelfReflection
#emptiness
#poverty
95 reads
2 Comments
Vortex32167
Poem Published
4th Oct 2022 10:38pm
4th Oct 2022 10:38pm
At the end of my rope (03-10-2022)
Again the pressure is building up inside my head. When am I going to snap? When will I reach my limit? I can’t hold this inside for much longer. My mind is racing, crashing against the walls I have built myself. Walls raised for protection, raised to appear normal, raised so I can function, strengthened by the knowledge of past borders I protected. Stretching the periods between outbursts. But knowing that it has been quite a while that it happened. The voices are driving me crazy. Getting louder each day and night. Unable to sleep properly, unable to think clear. Insomnia is driving me nuts....
#depression
#loneliness
#SelfHarm
#MentalHealth
#FeelingLost
237 reads
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Thetravelingfairy
Poem Published
30th Sep 2022 6:17pm
30th Sep 2022 6:17pm
Headspace
Tell me why
It never ends
This endless road
That twists, that bends
Thorny stems that pave the way
Hold my thoughts in place, where they will stay
So what’s chasing? What’s behind?
All I know is stopping
Makes me read my mind
I’d rather not, it’s a scary place
When monsters come as memories
That don’t erase
See it now? Slipping from my head?
Purple bruises, drops of red
If turning around is reality
I will be dead
So I’d rather choose to run instead
It never ends
This endless road
That twists, that bends
Thorny stems that pave the way
Hold my thoughts in place, where they will stay
So what’s chasing? What’s behind?
All I know is stopping
Makes me read my mind
I’d rather not, it’s a scary place
When monsters come as memories
That don’t erase
See it now? Slipping from my head?
Purple bruises, drops of red
If turning around is reality
I will be dead
So I’d rather choose to run instead
#depression
#SelfHarm
#bipolar
#MentalHealth
#PTSD
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PoetSpeak
Poem Published
20th Sep 2022 5:31pm
20th Sep 2022 5:31pm
RAZOR
I'm on day 23 using my razor for shaving
Actually that's not true
It's been so long I just made it up
Could be a few months actually
Not changing the blade
Not until I cut myself
Yeah yeah I've done this before
Talked about it anyway
It's a masochistic act
Self-harm
Possibly conceptual art
Vampires on stand by
Actually that's not true
It's been so long I just made it up
Could be a few months actually
Not changing the blade
Not until I cut myself
Yeah yeah I've done this before
Talked about it anyway
It's a masochistic act
Self-harm
Possibly conceptual art
Vampires on stand by
#SelfHarm
#vampires
#art
188 reads
40 Comments
Wordsmith
Poem Published
16th Sep 2022 7:07pm
16th Sep 2022 7:07pm
DIARY OF A POET WITH BLACK HEART (Untitled 4)
What do you want from me?
Affection, love,.... care, support
Protective shield, or skydiving wings
My heart, my soul... or my existence at whole
How do you want me to be?
A lover that listen, or the one that speaks
I could be meek, sing if it'd give the peace you need
If it appease thee, I'd be ya puppetie
What do you want with me?
To be your light when darkness creeps
Your autumn leaves when you're lonely and sick
Or that bright petals that beautify your leaves
What do you want to do to me?
No, you don't...
Affection, love,.... care, support
Protective shield, or skydiving wings
My heart, my soul... or my existence at whole
How do you want me to be?
A lover that listen, or the one that speaks
I could be meek, sing if it'd give the peace you need
If it appease thee, I'd be ya puppetie
What do you want with me?
To be your light when darkness creeps
Your autumn leaves when you're lonely and sick
Or that bright petals that beautify your leaves
What do you want to do to me?
No, you don't...
#love
#kindness
#SelfHarm
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brownwidow
Susie13
Susie13
Poem Published
15th Sep 2022 00:10am
15th Sep 2022 00:10am
Darkness
The sun is replaced with utter darkness,
The gentle sound of laughter that is gazed upon as happiness is replaced with complete silence and solitude
"Darkness" thee, complete me, with cold yet comforting hands, hands that point me to a pathway... a pathway to nothingness yet contentness
Content by being nothing
Nothing
Nonexistent
The pathway to darkness invokes thee evil in me
Evoking the familiar sting of the blade piercing my weak delicate skin viciously and repeatedly to feel what it is like to be alive again,
Alive I am, alive for pain
Evoking...
The gentle sound of laughter that is gazed upon as happiness is replaced with complete silence and solitude
"Darkness" thee, complete me, with cold yet comforting hands, hands that point me to a pathway... a pathway to nothingness yet contentness
Content by being nothing
Nothing
Nonexistent
The pathway to darkness invokes thee evil in me
Evoking the familiar sting of the blade piercing my weak delicate skin viciously and repeatedly to feel what it is like to be alive again,
Alive I am, alive for pain
Evoking...
#depression
#dark
#SelfHarm #emptiness
#SelfHarm #emptiness
163 reads
3 Comments
brownwidow
Susie13
Susie13
Poem Published
14th Sep 2022 3:23am
14th Sep 2022 3:23am
Melancholic & Alcoholic
The aching weeping soul is psychically heavily numb and is at ease
The sudden rise dopamine gives temporary and artificial optimism
Meaningless ingenuine words of exchange and pleasures with souls in just as much sufferance
Until my dark perpetual state of mind settles in and has its means to suffer
Suffer in silence until the ethanol peaks my self-loathing violence
The veins which said ethanol courses through will be pierced open
Consuming alcohol as it consumes me
Destroying me as I destroy everything simultaneously
My dark...
The sudden rise dopamine gives temporary and artificial optimism
Meaningless ingenuine words of exchange and pleasures with souls in just as much sufferance
Until my dark perpetual state of mind settles in and has its means to suffer
Suffer in silence until the ethanol peaks my self-loathing violence
The veins which said ethanol courses through will be pierced open
Consuming alcohol as it consumes me
Destroying me as I destroy everything simultaneously
My dark...
#depression
#SelfHarm
#suicide #alcohol
#suicide #alcohol
312 reads
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