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Illness Poems - Poems about Illness

Illness Poems - Examples of all types of poems about illness to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples for illness.
My Mourning Shower
Sometimes I climb in the shower, and stand, bathing myself in glorious water, waking up my senses, realising the day is about to start... And I cry. That's as far as my strength goes, if the morning is...Read the rest...
Categories: illness, anxiety, depression, feelings, mental
Form: Free verse
Patchwork
Into the morning light I rise, a reluctant soldier clad in skin, hair a tangle map of sleepless nights, the ghost of yesterday weighs within. Eyebrows, half-plucked reminders of a time when self-care felt like a dance, now a chore -...Read the rest...
Categories: illness, anxiety, depression, emotions, feelings,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Debts And Disability
I splat the slim cigarette's ashes onto the pavement, Little to no care of my own psychological impairment, While living through life with no means of any repayment. ...Read the rest...
Categories: mental health, mental illness,
Form: Sijo


Premium Member Borderline
I have done so many things to end who I used to be, But the truth is I only want to die to be set free, 'Cause I feel as though I may never ever truly be...Read the rest...
Categories: illness, addiction, depression, drug, mental
Form: Sijo
Premium Member The black hole of DC
“My name is Jonathan Mellis, I'm solitary confined In a D.C Jail, where they destroy your mind They call solitary confinement “the hole”. They drop you in and let time erode your soul. It’s hard to cope with...Read the rest...
Categories: illness, abuse, hope, loneliness, mental
Form: Lyric



October
I run in a circle. Shivering. Then I ran outside. “It’s not warmer there,” they laugh. I try to climb the fence again. It’s October at the hospital. They keep it cold. Although they don’t...Read the rest...
Categories: mental illness,
Form: Free verse
And Then It Was Twilight
I played music. Quietly. My room is a place where they can hear-doesn’t matter. I played a video game. I feel like I won. My room is the only place. Then I stepped outside, and there...Read the rest...
Categories: mental illness,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Untold Casualties of War
Who knows who are the casualties of war? Are they the wounded, maimed, and all the dead? Who counts the orphans, widows, those displaced? The untold truth, a light on this can shed I also am a casualty...Read the rest...
Categories: angst, mental illness, political,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member At Night, In Response to the Vanderbilt Tragedy
At Night, A Response to the Vanderbilt Suicide, At Night, alone in my home, I am afraid, For in the dark, though God says fear not, I fear, For the horrors I have known in my mind, Though they have...Read the rest...
Categories: mental illness,
Form: Blank verse
The Floor And Me
I like to write poetry sitting on the floor. Even when my body is sore. From feeling panic throughout the night. So I am tense and tight. When I wake in the morning, I could...Read the rest...
Categories: mental illness, writing,
Form: Rhyme
Niagara Falls Welcoming Demise For Those Seeking Suicide
Niagara Falls has been a Welcoming Demise for centuries. It started with thrill seekers going over the falls in a Barrel, bringing notoriety to those that survived the feat. They even have a museum there showcasing...Read the rest...
Categories: illness, death, depression, farewell, goodbye,
Form: Free verse
Biggest blessing or biggest lesson?
My heart is cold. “Time is the healer of hearts” so I’ve been told. With arms crossed, and an open heart. The story unfolds. Before me lies a ditch, one that I lie in. ‘Biggest blessing or biggest...Read the rest...
Categories: illness, anger, dark, depression, grief,
Form: Rhyme
Donald and Elon
Donald and Elon If Trump and Musk had a baby What would the baby's name be? -Obama ...Read the rest...
Categories: illness, baby, corruption, death, golf,
Form: Bio
I fear my own feelings
A shield of ice, a fortress built within, To quell the storm, the chaos from within. Dissociation's touch, a chilling grace, That stills the pain, erases time and space. But at what cost, this fragile, frozen peace? Emotions numb, a...Read the rest...
Categories: mental health, mental illness,
Form: Free verse
You’re Invited
Step into my hidden show,  where shadows dance,  secrets linger,  colours spill like confessions.  Each stroke a heartbeat,  each shade a shadow of my mind,  inviting you to witness  the rawness beneath the surface.  My...Read the rest...
Categories: illness, anxiety, dark, depression, emotions,
Form: Free verse

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