Mental Illness Poems - Page 3

41. A Storm In The Mind

• By Aryanna A. Carter
• Published by Family Friend Poems July 22, 2024 with permission of the Author.

In the shadows of silence, it stirs
A whisper, unseen but felt.
Like a ghost
With a grip like iron, emotions to melt.

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42. Another Trigger

• By Jim D. Prime
• Published by Family Friend Poems December 2020 with permission of the Author.

A storm is coming, my chest is tightening and it's hard to breathe.
Like a giant noose, life is smothering me.
I would do anything to not feel this pain.
Make it stop, I want to laugh again.

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43. Dear Mom

• By Jonah
• Published by Family Friend Poems February 2017 with permission of the Author.

Dear Mom,
Have you forgotten?

Sitting, waiting, hoping

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44. Living With OCD

• By GeorgeH4rt
• Published by Family Friend Poems June 2018 with permission of the Author.

O.C.D., those evil eyes that stare at me,
That bully in my head,
Obsession, obsession, obsession,
Is all that can be said.

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45. 2 Hours

• By Brian E Pardee
• Published by Family Friend Poems November 2017 with permission of the Author.

Anxiety rips me out of my sleep, a shock to my system like a bucket of ice water.
I open my eyes to see a demon hovering near the ceiling; fighting it will lead to my slaughter.

These demons cover the Earth like the oxygen we can't see.

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46. The Fire

• By Sarah Gray
• Published by Family Friend Poems February 2019 with permission of the Author.

The fire that rages
from within my rib cage is
weakening the bones
that should make me strong.

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47. Panic

• By Evangeline King
• Published by Family Friend Poems January 2023 with permission of the Author.

One thousands beats per second
It hammers ‘gainst my chest
I feel it in my temples
Tonight there’ll be no rest

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48. Exhale Anxiety

• By Raquel Franco
• Published by Family Friend Poems April 2021 with permission of the Author.

I send anxiety
a cease and desist letter.
I close her mouth.
Unbind her gnawing disquiet,

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49. I'll Fight For Her

• By Joshua J. Siferd
• Published by Family Friend Poems February 2018 with permission of the Author.

She can be a handful.
Yes, this is true.
But you won't look at her
In the ways that I do.

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50. The Room Of My Life

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• By Anne Sexton

Here,
in the room of my life
the objects keep changing.
Ashtrays to cry into,

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51. My Ritual

• By Donna Jozwiak
• Published by Family Friend Poems June 2011 with permission of the Author.

In the early hours,
As most should be sleeping,
I sit in our bedroom window and perform a ritual.
Smoking a cigarette, wrapped tightly in a blanket,

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52. I Don't Know

• By Kayla L. Jenkins
• Published by Family Friend Poems September 2020 with permission of the Author.

I don't know how to tell you I'm afraid without feeling weak.
I don't know how to tell you I'm hurting and how I wish this pain would cease.
I don't know how to tell you I'm lonely without feeling incomplete.
I don't know how to tell you I'm tired and how I wish this burden would decrease.

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53. The Truth

• By Caley House
• Published by Family Friend Poems November 2013 with permission of the Author.

Slippery, sweet, syrupy words sticking in my brain
A lie
They won't go away no matter how much I try to send them back to where they came from
A lie

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54. Finding Peace

• By John Baumgartner
• Published by Family Friend Poems October 2016 with permission of the Author.

Turmoil covers my eyes and my heart.
It never leaves me in day or dark.
Combat changed me to this way.
Hate and death seem to be with me to stay.

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55. Voices

• By Joanna
• Published by Family Friend Poems July 2012 with permission of the Author.

Flashbacks run through my mind
My hands find their way to my hair
They grab, pull, scratch
"STOP IT!" I try to scream

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56. Hello, I Love You, Goodbye

• By Taylor Jones
• Published by Family Friend Poems January 1, 2024 with permission of the Author.

hello, I love you, goodbye.
Sometimes I wonder why I try.

most days seem the same;

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