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War Mental Illness Poems

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


Mirror's War
In the weeping crack of dawn, a battleground unfurls,
Reflected in the mirror’s gaze, a storm behind two girls
One, a wisp of tattered light, eyes shimmering...

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Categories: mental illness, confusion, dark, hurt, mental



A Fractured Reflection
In the mirror's cold embrace, a war of words ignite,
One soul fractured, battling self, beneath the pale moonlight.
The darkness snarls, a serpent's tongue, with venom...

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Categories: mental illness, anger, cry, depression, hurt,

Tempest of the Mind
Deep in my shrewd mind, a storm rages on 
Dark clouds gather as the wind howls till dawn
A tempest of thoughts, I cannot control
A battle...

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Categories: mental illness, conflict, how i feel,

Premium Member Shattered Mind
Oh Man, where am I?
What caused this pain and why?
I desperately cannot live this insane life.
For the pain of memories brings in strife.

I grab my...

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Categories: mental illness, conflict, depression, farewell, mental

Victim
Survivor 
Gasp for breath
Survived a long battle
A long war
Eyelashes flutter 
Your eyebrows were collecting ashes
Gray
Like the flowers we planted
Now dying
Poisoned, rotten from the roots
Wilting hands
Hollow...

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Categories: mental illness, 8th grade, dark, mental



How do I explain
How do I explain
That my emotions are painful
That happiness is euphoria
That anger is blinded rage
That love borders obsession
How do I explain
That my emotions are my...

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Categories: mental illness, anxiety, humanity, identity, mental

Premium Member Vibrations of heart - Blitz with Ink Empress

Can't stop flashbacks
Can't stop vibrations
Vibrations like echoes
Vibrations irritating wounds
Wounds that bleed
Wounds that torment
Torment the mind
Torment emotions
Emotions of guilt
Emotions full of anger
Anger from the past
Anger from...

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Categories: angst, anxiety, mental illness,

Bloodstained Soul
Bloodstained Soul May 2023

Everything hurts, my lungs are on fire-
Can't even complete things which success requires.
I cry and I try, pave my path with my...

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Categories: mental illness, children, dark, heartbroken, hurt,

Premium Member Refugee by Max Burchett
"He was a refugee in his own country, my home too. How can that be?" Refugee poem by Max Burchett

by Max Sebastian Burchett

I met a...

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Categories: mental illness, addiction, death, drug, life,

Premium Member Like a Hermit
Propaganda,
Misinformation,
Newspeak;
Word on the street.
World War three?
We'll see.

Google,
Facebook
YouTube;
Dogman,
Mothman,
UFOs and portals.

Bad,
Badder,
Worst;
Causing me to stay at home,
Like a hermit,
And jump at shadows....

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Categories: mental illness,

Real War Reality
In the war there are no birds
but flying firecrackers
flowers don't smell good
but they stink horribly.
waters are murky,
grey sky,
dark clouds
artificial nights
and days obscure
love kills peace
hate completes...

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Categories: mental illness, allusion, appreciation, extended metaphor,

Premium Member Bad Day In 2009
The 10th July 2009
7 soldiers died on the front line
Panthers Claw the op was called
Sangin district is where we toured

2nd battalion the rifles had a...

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Categories: mental illness, depression, in memoriam, mental

Premium Member A Colored Cage
I need a quiet place
a secluded place
a place for only the war to take place
a place for my demons to discover my Angels
a place for...

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Categories: mental illness, anxiety, dark, imagination, mental

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,

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,


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