Mom Mental Illness Poems

The ghosts never attack.
They never leave either.
They just steal all my favorite snacks.
They leave crumbs, and I sweep all day.
When I close the panty, I...

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I continue staring at the wall.
If spiders started spilling out of that crack.
I don’t think I’d move.
My mom thinks I’m weird.
I hadn’t spoken for hours...

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I became friends with the darkness
The sun has become a myth
The Rain was only a comforting sound
And how I missed the snow

The walls were covered...

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Paper is cascading off my bed as I move my arm.

Sprawling paper that’s crumpled and scribbled on.

And feels light and helpless in my hands.

The pinching...

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Seek Shelter.

I’m in a winter coat. In my home. And the doors are locked. And the lights are dim so that I can see their...

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Everything is boring these days.

Hugs and smiles are boring.

I’ve evolved.

It’s me, it’s always been me.

But now, there’s been a transformation.

I feel like saying that, and...

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I can’t play on my phone anymore.

Because the screen hurts like a laser in my eyes.

I can’t watch TV anymore.

Or read.

Or think.

But I’m not bored.

My...

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I’m happy! So happy! 

So all of the happiness is condensed and skewed. 

All the sounds are happy.

Even the crows are happy.

Every moment that was...

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She said I’m too confused to drive.

When I’m trying to get somewhere, it’s just random turns, it’s just me turning and trying to undo my...

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There’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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Beep, beep, beep.

Said the bird.

It’s just like when I would wake up for school…

When I lived in the real world.

Of windows that open, and parents...

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When everyone else is talking and talking…

And then something happens…

And then they talk about that thing that just happened.

And they all turn to me and...

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Eddie/Dad

I try to see 
back before 
to who Eddie once was
just barely before when
the bending began
Eddie was after all
a cute child 
wide eyed
hugging kissing and...

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PTSD is real. And it can be challenging to work through. Inspired by a moving storyline in a show. 

"What's wrong with daddy?"
By Michelle Morris
28/08/2023

"What's...

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This 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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