Song Mental Illness Poems

I've had enough of songbirds
they don't speak for me
and the specialist keeps me waiting
in a monotone room for waiting
and the windows are too fish tank...

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along, 
a wrong and lonesome man
at pace, 
his place, through days, at least
he walks to stars
he walks through nights
a dream
would seem is where he's free
to...

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I emerged with a silver pen in hand,
…and a tempest raging within.
Words writhe, a serpent's coil,
…tightening their grip,
A soul adrift in a sea of 
…self-made...

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You just could not understand why,
there was no one there that could hear you cry,
you didn’t know I could feel each tear that burned you.

You...

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It's OK if you want to leave
I wouldn't trust me
I've always got something up my sleeve
My movements are shifty
Blink once and you missed me
How can...

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Lying silent
In a wheezing chest of words 
Divining whirred messagings 
Of a moth’s wings blurred 
Paralysed beneath the duvet
Hearing his antenna morse
Rapid flapping mind verse...

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As life is a song , I shall share a piece in a vent ,
brace yourself, for my pen is full of dents, 
I could...

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I snap into the sky and see,

The sparkling cityscape.

I zap awake.

Stumbling once again.

Stumped once again.

Adjusting to the alley that was once a speck of scenery.

The...

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Have I really been working on myself or did I just change from my work clothes to something more comfortable
Is this depression or is it...

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The song is like a person,

I can see the person when I close my eyes.

They have a halo.

And they’re morphing, but it’s not an evil,...

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there are rats digging into my skin
you couldn't imagine the pain that im in
claws so sharp, it won't take long
moaning, marbled, mournful song
they're in my...

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I might cry listening to this song.

But only if it’s the first time.

I might be sad listening to this song.

On the second round, but I...

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I languish 
in the company 
of minstrels
weeping of willows 
setback from verges 
pastures
on cold days
and May days
and those days 
that hide me
under low clouds
and awnings...

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Just the same song, over and over.

So that the music is just sounds, and people who are part of those sounds,

And soon, I am part...

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Have you ever had someone tell you you're wrong
Provide them the proof you knew all along
Simply to have them change their song
Chirping you can't hack...

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