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Loss Mental Illness Poems

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


Premium Member the good fight
* death is a process of many stages, and dementia can be one of the ugliest … Dad taught me many lessons in life, and...

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Categories: mental illness, age, analogy, father son,



Where my memory's go
I had a moment to see
Flashbacks
Rewind,
Rewind my memory
I need these thoughts to breath
Fireworks to help me feel
Light my mind
Keep me spinning on this timeline

Moments ago,...

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Categories: mental illness, bereavement, friendship love, loss,

I cannot tell him
I cannot tell him that I still love him,
That losing him breaks my heart in a thousand new ways each day.
Because if I did, then...

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Categories: mental illness, heartbroken, loss, love, love

Premium Member And they may say
And they may ask: 
‘What is it about the night?’
‘What calms your mind in darkness that you can’t find in the light?’
‘What feelings does it...

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Categories: mental illness, absence, abuse, crazy, dark,

Searching for the exquisite present
What compares to the present?
The present is like a needle
Time threading through its eye
A needle on a phonograph
My record is now on the B side
Still,...

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Categories: mental illness, future, grave, leaving, loss,



Premium Member My Beautiful Traumatic Brain Injury
The day my mind folded over the highway. 
in sunny Florida citrus surrounded me 
the breeze was just right as oranges danced. 
with lemons scents...

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Categories: mental illness, beautiful, caregiving, memory, mental

In Rue
Though they were so few,
For rest of life I shall rue.
Remembering just
How I matter less each day,
Life sweeps memories away....

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Categories: mental illness, depression, loneliness, lonely, loss,

I Remember You
Dedicated to anyone who has to remember for themselves and their loved ones. Whether losing those memories due to dementia or being separated by space,...

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Categories: mental illness, devotion, health, i miss

Anatomy of Melancholy
Loss caused by powerlessness and helplessness as its heart,
Gloom and sorrow and sadness as its despondent spare part;
Anger and fear as lifeblood; despair and guilt...

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Categories: depression, mental illness, psychological,

Like Rabbit In a Headlight Caught
PTSD

Like rabbit in the headlight caught
I want to move, i know I ought
But quicksand stuck, I’m petrified 
My body still, arms laid by side
Stretched out on...

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Categories: mental illness, anxiety, death, death of

Misunderstood
The little boy who was slow
Couldn't keep with the flow
Mistreated by most peers
Scared of people who's near

The naughty boy in the class
What's wrong? Noone asked!
Fustration...

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Categories: mental illness, anti bullying, confusion, courage,

Premium Member The D Word
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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Categories: loss, mental illness,

Premium Member Nature Nurturing Questions
Why is misery said to love company
while depression demands solitude?

And
is it always true that nature abhors a vacuum
or 
sometimes true nurture adores expansion?

Misery,
depression,
anxiety,
negatively respond to...

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Categories: mental illness, health, heartbreak, integrity, loss,

Take Me To the Ocean
Take me to the ocean 
By Michelle Morris
21/11/2022

You stepped out onto the beach
Not seeing the beauty that lay before you
Thoughts and memories tumbling over
So rapidly...

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Categories: mental illness, death, depression, emotions, loss,

Men of the World
Men of the world
By Michelle Morris
08/11/2022

Men of the world, we implore you
Please speak up, we adore you
You are our partners, you are our friends
You are...

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Categories: mental illness, anxiety, courage, depression, inspirational


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