January Mental Illness Poems

In the webbed corners of my brain 
There blooms a sinister flower 
Its petals dripping with venom 
 And thick roots entwined with despair 

Begins...

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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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Ingredients:

~ A pint of stress
~A cup of anxiety 
~A tablespoon of guilt
~A pinch of regret
~A dash of hopelessness
~A sprinkle of self-doubt

Directions:

- Mix all the ingredients...

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dementia wields a boundless blight
it strips the mighty of their might -
divests the brightest of their light
and twists their daytime into night
and for what ends,...

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Fear is an all-consuming fog 
Consuming shining rays of hope and light 
Eyes trapped shut in this ash-filled smog 
Voices of mania are heard at...

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Arkham Asylum has turned devilish, 
With Joker inside, 
Batman has to hide, 
Riots led by Dr. Charles Cavendish;
Adams, a hostage, 
Two-Face - mind wastage, 
Mr....

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Self-imprisonment
Is the worst form
Of punishment
Still, it is not out of the norm
To find a tiny bee hummingbird
Ruby Zoom, hidden inside a double-glazed display cabinet
One can...

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my friend is thorough
doing things he has his way… 
praise is what he wants

He is a perfectionist, not a crack,
each night before starting to stride...

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I don’t feel
That I am
Good enough;
I don’t feel
That I ever
Can be,
That I’ll
Always be
This ball
Of negativity,
That it is
All I will
Attract and
All I will
Ever get
I hate that
I...

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Inside, it swells
With all these thoughts:
Ones of self doubt,
Ones of anxiety,
All of them tearing
Me down and down
And I try to
Patch things up,
To fix them permanently
But...

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Spotted dress respectable knee length
Disguises her many feathered fetishes 
Fecked feeling clucky, red hen strength
Broods on bed of egg beak wet wishes

Wings tuck tight within...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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The insidious reign
of your apparitions, your
coitus with the attic serpents
was sufficient to strip all
pigment from my skin.

Was it they who walked you
blindfolded through the upper...

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I flung free my terrace garden pane
Assured that wherever my eyes feign
Beauty expects this worn soul to bare
A rhyme to wish rare birds do I...

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dark clouds of despair 
engulf me with mists of gloom ~
trapped In an abyss




Written 30th January 2020

For Senryu On Mind Poetry Contest

Sponsored By Jenish Somadas...

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