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Mentally Ill Poems - Poems about Mentally Ill

Mentally Ill Poems - Examples of all types of poems about mentally ill to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples for mentally ill.
The Sick And The Physician
...He was not hungry, but, he knew the hunger of each soul. He knew, many were physically and mentally ill. The liberation of each soul from their bonds was his goal. In him, the poor and the downtro......Read the rest...
Categories: mentally ill, jesus,
Form: Sonnet



A mother's love
... In a bustling corner of Bondi's heart, where dreams and lives, play a part. A mother's bravery, a tale untold, in midst of chaos, her love, so bold. With madness swirling in the air, A mo......Read the rest...
Categories: mentally ill, baby, mother, sad, tribute,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Domestic Abuse and Abuse of Power
...After witnessing a murder meant for me after surviving a car bomb igniting my skull crushed my face bruising my brain i received threatening calls from my husbands mistress I'd reported break ins str......Read the rest...
Categories: mentally ill, abuse, anxiety, beautiful, love
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member As Time Flies
...I seek to find. Some peace of mind. I'm crazy A bit lazy Sometimes life gets all hazy Seeking to find my way I hope to be a step closer with each new day Fighting the forever sad Sometimes ma......Read the rest...
Categories: mentally ill, age, birth, conflict,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Away In An Asylum
...Away in an asylum No release from his bed Poor Fred can't escape The loud voice in his head The medic’s crowd round By the bed where Fred lay They admit they can’t help There's ......Read the rest...
Categories: mentally ill, conflict, health, humorous, moving
Form: Verse



Premium Member Clueless
...I took a chance on you - even though it went against my black heart I didn't realize it'd be rocky like this from the very start I didn't know what I'd be getting into - I truly didn't care I didn......Read the rest...
Categories: mentally ill, 7th grade, boyfriend,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Battle of the Minds For the Sole Possession of All Souls
...THE BATTLE OF THE MINDS FOR THE SOLE POSSESSION OF ALL SOULS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MENTAL WELLNESS AND MENTAL ILLNESS , IS UNDERSTANDING AND KNOWING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG. ......Read the rest...
Categories: mentally ill, future, humanity, imagery, imagination,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member For You, Dear Sisters
...Dear Sisters, because we are one in that we share our DNA, I put you all together as the “You,” that I love. I love you for the fact that we all were raised together, facing every turbulent even......Read the rest...
Categories: mentally ill, sister,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Emptiness
...Emptiness – I have known you perhaps since infancy when I cried so incessantly when my parents put me down to sleep. Was it maybe because I was fearful that some void would swallow me u......Read the rest...
Categories: mentally ill, feelings,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Exert Fear Genteel
...I don't fathom how love could ever hurt. ECHO - Exert What is simple in this lysergic exosphere? ECHO - Fear Can I be mentally ill or as vicious as an eel? ECHO - Genteel Why man is......Read the rest...
Categories: mentally ill, analogy, bereavement, humanity,
Form: Other
Premium Member Arkham Asylum
... The Elizabeth Arkham Asylum for the Criminally Insane, a fictional psychiatric hospital and prison: part of the DC comics and first appearing in Batman #258, 1974, referred to as the Ark......Read the rest...
Categories: mentally ill, fantasy,
Form: Narrative
City Life Bleeds On
...The mentally ill have given up on us. Let loose they roam where once naked cowboys sang. It is the drugs it is the broken system it is the anger of strangers it rises like a concrete weed in ......Read the rest...
Categories: mentally ill, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member They Will Ask Why
...A thousand lighted kites sent aloft Remembering those who’ve lost their lives In our hearts there’s a place that is soft Children who should’ve never faced gunfire The unimaginable ......Read the rest...
Categories: mentally ill, children, death, sorrow,
Form: Rhyme
House Lizards
...They (wife and children) are scared to see it, As though Dinosaur made another writ; Hearing its rudely vexatious squealing, Each found corners feeling unappealing...! To me it seemed a pet, li......Read the rest...
Categories: mentally ill, creation, life, nature,
Form: Rhyme
The Rainbow Crowd
...You have an ISSUE with the LGBTQ people. You gather in your church with The high steeple. This does not mean LGBTQ People have ISSUE'S. You keep spreading hate, The crap continues. ......Read the rest...
Categories: mentally ill, gender, girl,
Form: Rhyme

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