Sister Mental Illness Poems

Dooo, dooo, daaaaaaaa.
This song is about being yourself!

Ohhh, Woahhh…
You can’t be yourself if you…
Hold onto something, or some blade of grass, or your left shoe…
Falling...

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My car is in the driveway, sometimes. 
It disappears every morning at 9:00.
She took it. 
Either my sister or an endless void. 
The water boils...

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One that only I can see. 
That’s what the perfect storm would be. 
It would start off with a gentle drizzle. 
Then soon, all the...

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i once looked up to you
a child only seees things through
inocent eyes
i looked up to you even afer what you did to the woman i...

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Why is a word that can cause an argument. Why do I get stuck in the my head? Why do I have labels on my...

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Renowned poet Charles Lamb,
Was gentle like a lamb.
He took care of Mary, his sis,
Who drove him crazy when her sanity was amiss.

In a mad fit...

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[verse]
My crazy sister had roamed homeless for so long.
Once an intellectual, then her brain went wrong.
For hospitals to keep her, she had to be a...

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Oh brother, I’d say you’ve lost your way again
But the truth is, you’ve never been found 
You see things not as they are
If only you...

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This is a point of view of a family member whose mental health was ignored and his voices made him do these unthinkable atrocities to...

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I’m 15, a depressed teen. 
Wishing life was good, but a dream is just a dream. 
I hurt myself thinking that the bad stuff is...

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I don't know what you go through or
What you Struggle with.
But know I will be there for you 
As your friend.
As your sister.
You will never...

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I'm so upset. What's happening to me?
Sis took me out to eat today. She said,
"Is something wrong? You just don't seem yourself."
I told her off--I...

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I am the Zombie
The Monster is my master
He’s the creator
	
The Zombie I am
Numbed-out, Psycho-extremer
Daemon demeanor

The Zombie I be
Doppelganger controls me
My animator

I be the Zombie
I can...

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It's Crowded in Here

Mother,Father,Brother,Sister,Friend
Person,People,Traffic,Regrets.
Love,Hate,Sadness,Happy Memories
Missed Moments,Uncertainties,Financial Dilemmas,
Social Phobias,Bad Habits,Bad Actions,
Favors,Promises,Pacts,Trust
Hope,Dreams,Nightmares,Ghosts
Job Prospects,Skills learnt,Places Traveled and lived.
Landscaped scenes,Machinery worked,
Goals in progress,Needs,Wants,Desires and Undecideds
All inside my head
It's Crowded...

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Normalcy seemed to resound 
like a year-end brag letter,
for out of reach are those possibilities
when locked up in a ward.

Voices itched inside her body 
and...

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