Childhood Mental Illness Poems
These Childhood Mental Illness poems are examples of Mental Illness poems about Childhood. These are the best examples of Mental Illness Childhood poems written by international poets.
A solitary figureIn the dimly lit corners of her existence,
She lingered, a ghost in the midst of persistence.
From the womb, she was marked, a black sheep born,
Destined...
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mental illness, dark, loneliness, lost, mental
Tick TickWhat is it
That girl who rides that rollercoaster,
The one that brings others fear—
They call her Brave
The truth is she lives for thrill
Is it...
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mental illness, 11th grade, anxiety, childhood,
Somebody I used to knowToday I was asked to think of something nice to do for myself everyday
But I couldn't,
I froze I couldn't think of a single...
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mental illness, child, childhood, me, meaningful,
My inner childMy inner child
Today I reconnected with my inner child,
I realised how she once always smiled,
Her innocent glowing face is now tear stained,
And full...
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mental illness, childhood, children, deep, meaningful,
My Mom Went To the StoreThere’s this paper.
Words, and things,
And things can become mangled like the lines that are stabbing through each other.
Handwriting- that’s what keeps us all safe...
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mental illness,
My Inner VoiceIt startled me awake, screaming raw obscenities
Blaming me for something I did when I was five
Before bed, we reverently spoke prayerful entreaties
In the morning hours,...
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mental illness, anxiety, childhood, depression, mental
On the Crest of a WaveTrauma stained
my innocence,
before I knew
that the sunless
sky lost its glory
to doomed darkness,
an empathetic gaze
which roamed beneath my
saffron skin,
an ungodly...
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mental illness, betrayal, child abuse, dark,
Rebirth MeWicked memories haunt my dreams at night and stalk me during the daylight, denying me any measure of peace and tranquility. Please, take me to...
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hope, mental illness,
Meet Mister Melancholy SmithEvery day he'd sit and pout,
The Ambassador of Doubt.
Come dine with Melancholy Smith,
Was born to eat your heart out.
He was raised a single child,
His emotions...
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childhood, grave, mental illness,
What Is Teamwork To YouThis ones for you. John
Cheers to the last straw!
You drew it and smashed it.
You broke it and slashed it.
This is the end to...
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mental illness, absence, abuse, childhood, family,
Mommy IssuesMy real mommy's love oft eludes me, living in her shadow.
My roleplays of being a mommy means there's a void in me.
My mommy type friends...
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mental illness, angst, childhood, depression, mental
The Reluctant NarratorThe day I was diagnosed.
That’s what first comes to mind.
But they want me to start at the beginning.
Maybe they mean something as simple...
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Categories:
angst, mental illness,
Solitary UpbringingAt the cost of my very own happiness
I was kept safe from the darkness.
But the way I was solitarily raised
Only deepened how I felt grazed....
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mental illness, angst, childhood, growing up,
PetulantYou always wanted me to be
That girl I always refused to be....
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mental illness, abuse, childhood, growing up,
I'M SorryApologising all the time is often an after-effect of trauma; a self-preservation technique survivors may think they still need to utilise in order to protect...
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mental illness, abuse, anxiety, emotions, mental