Mentalhealth Poems - Poems about Mentalhealth

I will never forget the first time I lost someone to suicide. The deafening screams that I created, The shock, Followed by the aftershock. I will never forget you Matthew, I won't let myself forget you. As to forget is to accept, And if I accept your death, I’m afraid of how the system we fought for so long will continue to...

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They say the world is full of voices, But mine gets lost among the sound. A whisper drowned by louder choices, A silence no one seems to hound. I walked through halls of hollow laughter, Their eyes slid past like I was air. I smiled, and moments later, after, They left—and I was still not there. My name, a note they never mention, My...

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I used to think poems lived in leather-bound books, guarded by professors with stern looks, that words worth speaking needed permission, academic citations, scholarly submission. I sat in corners swallowing syllables, choking on metaphors I couldn't pronounce, wondering why my tongue tied itself in knots while others spoke verses smooth as river stones. The first time I wrote something real, my hands shook like...

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I celebrated my father's birthday this last April 4th, 2025 He would have been 75, Yet 7 years ago, a white butterfly laid him to rest, with the rest of his family around his casket, And my face playing masquerade among the living corpses giving me their condolences, Not of any fault of their own, Just that, my own brokenness...

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I look down now And I can just barely see The thin, pale white lines From the girl I used to be The girl who’s not so far gone Not as dead as you think But instead of watching skin bleed She now just puts it in ink As the clock ticked faster The calendar pages flipped More and more time passed And the scars started...

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And in the girl's head The shoulders that used to hold wings Now held the weight of the world. ...

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Sometimes living feels like a chore One I don't want to do But there are reasons For which I persist. When my dog wags her tail when I say her name To get to see my nephew grow old Long walks in the woods with the people I love Seeing people smile New music Old music Conversations about nothing with people I've never met And will never...

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I dived into the cauldron of magic potion and transformed into the person who I was.ME ! The Me that was missing pieces that felt so deeply about things. The Me that had that innocence of a child ,who looked at everything in life with amazement and marveled at the wonders of life. The Me who lived with...

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Stressed, he asks, yes I am, knowing that you are the one have me in a mess How can I be your significant other when you make me feel insignificant than your lover Significant other? What does it mean? It's says it's a person who is important to someone's well being It can also refer to someone with whom...

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A million stumbles, a million falls, A heart that falters, a spirit calls. I fight the darkness, claw at the light, Though shadows cling with all their might. Don't count the failures, the bruises deep, The battles lost where sorrows weep. See the flicker, the spark within, The restless yearning, the fight to win. I stumble often, I lose my way, The path is...

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Within the heart, a battle rages on, Some rise victorious, others overthrown. A war unseen, a fight for inner peace, A silent struggle, that knows no release. We see the smiles, the masks they wear, But cannot fathom the burdens they bear. For each of us, a battlefield we hold, A tapestry of triumphs, stories that are left untold. Some journeys long, some...

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In the depths of each painful crack there lies a sunrise, shining on the other side. Butterflies and birds whispering of new beginnings, sprouting out from all the pain. Beautiful flowers that grow from the dirt. -From my book "Thoughts in Water, Feelings on Sand"....

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Am I invisible? No, I’m not. Sometimes I feel like I am. Sometimes I wish I was. But deep down I know I’m not. Even if it was my deepest desire, I’m certain it’d ever come true. In this house, I may not be invisible, But my feelings definitely are. Like they’re hovering, far away from my body. Where my family can’t see. I soak in the...

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Freedom calls out to me, just over the railings. Freedom dances, just out of reach Freedom sings, ”Abandon your jailer, abandon Life Abandon your duty, abandon Life, Jump over the railings, and join me in death.” Desire possesses me, a promise of freedom offered with a heavy price to pay. Behind the railings hide A choice that may cost my life Hesitations hold me back, Ropes of responsibilities restrain, Buried...

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My biggest flaw Is that I love I love with my whole heart I love everyone I love the world As much as I'll ever love anything I suppose my flaw is not that I love It is that I love what does not love me And as such I find it difficult To love myself But still I love...

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