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Make It Out Alive
There isn't a place that I hide
I'm trapped inside a maze, let me write
incase I don't make it out alive
Because I feel the storm coming
I'm so forthcoming about my shortcomings
Exercise my feelings, so even if...

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© Alex Duffy  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: self harming, death, deep, depression, discrimination, leaving, love,
Form: Free verse



Never
I was born into a family so messed up
One that makes you feel like you are never enough
Porch fights every night of the week
Everyone in the trailer park could hear the screams
The cops got called
And...

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Categories: self harming, abuse, childhood, strength,
Form: Bio
Don'T Let Me Die Without
Don't let me die without writing this first
I'm fighting the hurt
Bleeding with ink, crying with words
Let me write this before I'm lying in dirt
Don't take this as a suicide note, but tomorrow isn't promised
Take it...

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© Alex Duffy  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: self harming, dark, death, deep, depression, goodbye, growth,
Form: Free verse
To Write Love
They Talk about Drugs, alcohol & sex, but this is an issue the media don't speak on
Maybe they don't care, or maybe they don't understand where we bleed from
Some people label you an attention seeker...

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© Alex Duffy  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: self harming, depression, discrimination, emo, emotions, tribute, uplifting,
Form: Free verse
My Story
It all started with a dad who didn't love him
a mum who wouldn't hug him
a sister and brother who are addicted to smack
This isn't even a poem, these are the facts

a little boy in need...

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Categories: self harming, childhood, deep, depression, emotions, encouraging, strength, success,
Form: Free verse



Bring Me To Safety
I've been made to feel things I didn't want to feel 
I was numb for so long I forgot that my wounds were real
I tried to escape but depression chased me
I just need someone to...

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Categories: self harming, deep, depression, emotions, growing up, growth, inspiration,
Form: Free verse
Need You Still
Therapy costs money, but depression is free to kill
You're dreaming of overdosing, but you don't need those pills
I know they take everything away, so it doesn't seem so real
But please don't go, because the worlds...

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© Alex Duffy  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: self harming, deep, depression, encouraging, inspiration, inspirational, uplifting,
Form: Free verse
Middle Finger Up
Never ran from a fight, never backed down from a challenge and I don't fear a battle
I've been through too much to fear something I may see on my travels
I'll walk straight into The storm...

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Categories: self harming, deep, dream, emotions, encouraging, growth, happiness, uplifting,
Form: Free verse
Sucker For Pain
It all started at a young age
The love I had for my parents only went one way
They were too drunk to ever care about their own son
Maybe I'm a sucker for pain  because its...

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© Alex Duffy  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: self harming, beautiful, dark, deep, depression, discrimination,
Form: Free verse
My Ambitions As a Writer
I pick my pen up to express myself with hopes that my words will inspire 
I bleed on the pad to show how much poetry means to me
I try to write the words so well...

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© Alex Duffy  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: self harming, emotions, encouraging, inspiration, inspirational, meaningful, poetry, poets,
Form: Free verse
25
I feel stronger than ever, even though I used to feel empty inside
I'm walking my path and still have plenty more miles
My scars are on show but they won't outshine my smile
Got told i'd be...

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© Alex Duffy  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: self harming, deep, depression, desire, discrimination, truth, uplifting,
Form: Free verse
Sobering Truth
Painful memories I wish I could forget but I'm soldering through 
Scars still bleeding from traumatic experiences I had to go through 
Nightmares and flashbacks of things from my childhood I was exposed to
This isn't...

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© Alex Duffy  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: self harming, childhood, deep, emotions, family, pain, sad,
Form: Rhyme
Heal the Broken Ones
I write for all of the broken hearts that are beating
Use my poetry as a bandage for your scars that are bleeding
from my heart is where my words are spoken from
I write my words with...

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Categories: self harming, deep, depression, discrimination, encouraging, inspiration, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
Starting To Heal
Screams that never got heard, tears that never got dried
the ignored child as my parents would fight
I found peace in sleep because my real life was a nightmare 
Parents didn't care to look after me,...

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© Alex Duffy  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: self harming, deep, depression, emotions, encouraging, moving on, uplifting,
Form: Free verse
Poem Cry
I've got to make the poem cry because tears won't come from my eyes
This poem is inspired by one of my favourite Jay-Z songs
They won't come from my eyes so I'll make the poem cry

I...

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© Alex Duffy  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: self harming, deep, depression, heart, heartbroken, sad, sad love,
Form: Free verse
This Perfect Life
Does the richest man enjoy this perfect life?
Does he value the kisses of his beautiful wife?
Is there such a thing?, do we think something's better when it's not ours?
Is there a perfect life?, or do...

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© Alex Duffy  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: self harming, deep, emotions, growth, happiness, inspiration, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
The Poem About Nothing
What's worse a broken heart or broken pride? 
for so long I've kept these emotions inside 
If crying makes me less of a man, I'm less of a man, because I just cried
I won't explain...

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© Alex Duffy  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: self harming, deep, depression, emotions, growth, lost love, relationship,
Form: Rhyme
Flowers Covered In Blood
This is my first time writing in a long time
A lot of thoughts but in the wrong mind
I've been hiding this pain so long
I've not been strong enough to change what's wrong 

Taking care of...

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© Alex Duffy  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: self harming, dark, deep, depression, flower, growth, heartbreak, loneliness,
Form: Rhyme
Facsimile
Is the mirror showing the real me or is it a Facsimile?
I'm trying to smile and be positive, but due to depression I lack energy
Trying to move forward but I'm a victim of my past...

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© Alex Duffy  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: self harming, deep, emotions, loneliness, lonely, lost, lost love,
Form: Free verse
Depression
Although I don't have depression and have not much information about it I will write what I know about depression

On Saturday 18th April 2016 I was working away at my job as I usually do...

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Categories: self harming, care, dark, deep, depression, emotions, feelings, hurt,
Form: ABC
Impact of Drugs
My childhood had a severe lack of love
I had to pick myself up anytime I fell
Waking up from nightmares without a family to tell
I've never touched them, but I've felt the impact of drugs

Born into...

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© Alex Duffy  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: self harming, childhood, deep, drink, drug, emotions, growing up,
Form: Rhyme
Before I Self Destruct
When I fell I had no one to help me up
I was laughed at, Bullied and kicked while I was down
Alcohol was too important to my parents for them to be around
Someone give me a...

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Categories: self harming, absence, anger, deep, depression, emotions, inspiration,
Form: Free verse
Never Had a Shoulder To Cry On
I never cried on a shoulder, instead I wrote on a pad
Picked up a blade to kill the ghost of my past
Started self-harming and tried killing old wounds with new scars
Never had a shoulder to...

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© Alex Duffy  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: self harming, deep, depression, desire, sometimes, sorrow, sorry,
Form: Free verse
Depression Thought It Had Won
I've spent many nights crying
I was feeling weaker than ever, I felt the fight dying
Depression thought it had won
But it didn't realise it had stepped into the ring with Mike Tyson

Depression took me hostage during...

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© Alex Duffy  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: self harming, deep, depression, inspiration, inspirational, uplifting,
Form: Free verse
If the Vodka Could Speak
If the vodka could talk, I'd have no secrets left
It would share all of my bleeding wounds and regrets
I'd be looked at differently for the rest of my life
If the vodka could talk, I'd finally...

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© Alex Duffy  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: self harming, courage, deep, depression, drink, sad, sad love,
Form: Free verse

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