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Sorrow Mental Illness Poems

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


Premium Member Marionette of Flesh in a Borrowed Dress
"Marionette of Flesh in a Borrowed Dress"
- Daniel Henry Rodgers

The hourglass, 
a skeletal jester, 
mocks in the tomb's chill,
Each falling grain an emaciated sigh, 
"Soon...

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Categories: death, loneliness, mental illness,



Tidal Whirlpool
Into the darkness I drove the line.
With sudden persistence I stuck their spirits.
Questions arose about my faith.
Under the shadows the powers of the air quake.
Through...

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Categories: mental illness, blessing, celebration, courage, mental

Tomorrow, I Promise
Waiting; waiting; waiting…
in the dark of night.
Cotton in my pocket,
soon I’ll be alright.
Twisting in my fingers,
I don’t know what to do,
I think I best buy...

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Categories: mental illness, desire, drug, family, forgiveness,

Recipe for Good Old-Fashioned Depression
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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Categories: mental illness, depression, emotions, feelings, loneliness,

When you lied
Why won't you admit?
It ruined everything
Especially me
A relationship I relied heavily on
One that kept me going
Kept me alive
Kept me sane
You knew what I went through
You...

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Categories: mental illness, depression, grief, hurt, leaving,



Care to Live
Do you love me
Do I even care
Care enough to find out
Care because I should
Should I ask you
Should you respond
Respond to my question
Respond with the truth
Truth...

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Categories: mental illness, care, confusion, feelings, love

Sorrow is Part of Life
Sorrow is part of life
Faced by all in some way
But hope can still be found  
Through our daily struggles
We find strength all around

Sorrow is...

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Categories: mental illness, encouraging, endurance, feelings, peace,

Angel of Darkness
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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Categories: mental health, mental illness,

Harmonious Keep
A hospital stay built on medication induced hysteria.
Green coffee which bleeds into my subconscious.
Pain caressing itself into my being just to remind me I am...

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Categories: mental illness, horror, mental health, mental

Premium Member Cruel Compassion, Collaboration With the Silent One
My mind is a puzzle of cryptic metaphors.
whilst searching for my sanity,
I've become my own worst enemy.
In this cauldron of despair,
time is like sand in...

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Categories: mental illness, angst, anxiety, mental health,

Premium Member A Horse and His Philosopher
He saw the noble beast collapse in blood and dirt, 
Lashed by the owner’s cruel and ruthless crop
He rushed to cradle its head upon his...

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Categories: mental illness, emotions, feelings, horse, mental

Premium Member Faces
They say there are two sides to everything. I walked up in a place that showed no sorrow, to a face which promised lots of...

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Categories: mental illness,

Premium Member The Story of Her Life

It seems like the darkness,
Risking tears, - erasing the prayers
So sensitive, kissing away all the fears
Dancing through the leaves, enchantment
Like winds, collecting all the light
In...

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Categories: mental illness, murder,

Premium Member Misery
Make them go away,
Make them go away!

I can feel them gnaw,
Can you hear the Raven caw?

I can feel them pulling at my soul,
They are just...

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Categories: mental illness, anxiety, child abuse, confusion,

I'M Going To Be Fine
This is in memoriam for a special lady who helped many people. She sadly took her own life after losing the battle against PTSD.

I've structured...

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Categories: mental illness, anxiety, depression, encouraging, health,


Book: Reflection on the Important Things