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Courage Mental Illness Poems

These Courage Mental Illness poems are examples of Mental Illness poems about Courage. These are the best examples of Mental Illness Courage poems written by international poets.


Tidal Whirlpool
Into the darkness I drove the line.
With sudden persistence I stuck their spirits.
Questions arose about my faith.
Under the shadows the powers of the air quake.
Through...

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Categories: mental illness, blessing, celebration, courage, mental



Tick Tick
What 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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Categories: mental illness, 11th grade, anxiety, childhood,

Premium Member From black to green
I feel enraged
Stuck in this cage
The Black dog beside me
The pushing down
My mask isn't working 
I manage to frown

When I'm out on a social.
I afix...

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Categories: mental illness, anxiety, confusion, courage, dark,

Tempest of the Mind
Deep in my shrewd mind, a storm rages on 
Dark clouds gather as the wind howls till dawn
A tempest of thoughts, I cannot control
A battle...

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Categories: mental illness, conflict, how i feel,

Premium Member Depression is not lipstick
Depression is not treated by putting on lip stick 
you stand in the mirror and put on the tears snot 
drooling in your mouth behind...

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Categories: mental illness, blue, courage, faith, health,



It’s no surprise I turned out this way
It’s no surprise, I turned out this way
When asking for help never worked
When my depression was brushed aside 
It was called other names
I promise it’s...

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Categories: mental illness, deep, depression, mental health,

Premium Member Sane Again
I've remembered how to be,
And recognized it though,
Before I did not dare to see,
That it had not been quite so.

It was I, and I was...

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Categories: mental illness, adventure, age, anxiety, courage,

Premium Member Charcoal Sheep
Charcoal Sheep

Watery eyed thoughts came,
Zap! Pow!  a short circuited brain.
Inward turned burned ocular pain,
too many thoughts to restrain 
I’m a cheap sheep making my...

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Categories: mental illness, angst, courage, dark, emotions,

Defeat and Redemption
No man is an island they say
Still, amidst this crowd and noise I feel lonely
I badly want someone to talk to 
But words don’t come...

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Categories: mental illness, anxiety, depression, emotions, faith,

'persistence Is Key'
Persistence is key, I know this for a fact

When making a decision, I am always fast when I choose to act

Please let me be your...

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Categories: mental illness, art, courage, education, health,

Secrets
My secrets have a soul. 

A soul which is a palace to me. 

A safe palace where repetition is the key to understanding. 

Over and...

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Categories: mental illness,

Empowering Me
Here, there, and everywhere; yes, world I know I’m weird.
But if you take a closer look, you’ll see I’m like a chapter of a book.
Each...

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Categories: mental illness, anti bullying, courage, mental

Serene Absence
These moments evermore
Please my endless core
And indulge dismal desires
In the sacred, blissful fires.

I’ll one day touch the stars
Where Libra meets Mars;
While I lay in serene...

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Categories: mental illness, beauty, courage, depression, feelings,

Sheer Fall
Top of the world, Ma —
See those little fingers down there?
Those tiny rivers runnin’ thru the valley —
You fall, you won’t be repaired 

Gimme pickaxe,...

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Categories: courage, future, mental illness,

Premium Member Oblivious To a Hero
He sits in a corner 
Motionless and still
Hiding from an enemy 
Refusing to kill
Beaten and battered 
Alone in this game
Afraid to show himself 
For reasons...

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Categories: mental illness, conflict, courage, death, fear,


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