In the Mind of Mental Illness

Crying Loudly but its all in my head,
The expression you see is a smile instead,
But if you look deep in my eyes they will tell you a tale
About how my appearance became so frail.

For the people around me I put on an act,
To hide the truth of control my life lacked.
Inside I am weak, Helpless and cold,
I feel Ive no-one to comfort me,no-one to hold.

I pace up, down and around my bed,
Trying to clear my head,
But inside my mind where the voices hide
I listened to what they said.

The noises I hear are the voices I fear,
I cannot drown out the sound.
Palms sweating and my heart is racing,
Collapsing to the ground.

Chest tightening...I cannot breathe, My visions turning black,
Here again on my own suffering another Panic Attack!
Copyright © | Year Posted 2013


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Date: 4/17/2014 3:33:00 PM
Very strong emotion that you have penned in this winning work..Congrats..Sara
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Date: 4/16/2014 6:10:00 PM
LOUISE, Congratulations, enjoyed stopping by. Luv ~SKAT~
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Date: 4/16/2014 10:21:00 AM
i hope there have been no more panic attacks and all is well with your world. Perhaps this was just your poetry taking over. Congratulations on your win. Love, Joyce
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Date: 4/16/2014 9:56:00 AM
WOW, Louise, this is strong, reminds me of the way I grip things when reality hits me in the face... deep poem. Congratulations, it was nice seeing Donald here on the soup today, he's took a long, long vacation. Leaving this contest, hanging. Glad to see it finally out. Your placement in his contest, rocks... xox~ Linda
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Date: 4/7/2013 9:09:00 PM
You wrote this very well, I felt your emotions, there is always hope and help . welcome to poetrysoup. There is a lot of nice people here on this site ;}
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Louise Phipps
Date: 4/8/2013 2:15:00 AM
thankyou :) x
Date: 3/31/2013 9:56:00 AM
You are very talented, I feel you in the emotions you display here!! - Jordan
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Louise Phipps
Date: 3/31/2013 10:13:00 AM
Thankyou for ur lovely comment Jordan :)
Date: 3/17/2013 8:17:00 AM
- Louise, you have posted a touching poem, you write very well. - Welcome to P-Soup, hope you will get much pleasure from sharing your words and thoughts here. - Have fun with words and share your comments with us. - Have a fine Sunday! - oxox / / Anne-Lise :)
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Date: 3/17/2013 12:10:00 PM
Thank you very much Anne-Lise :) xx
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