Short Mental Health Poems

Short Mental Health Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Mental Health by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Mental Health by length and keyword.


Premium Member Unwell

Feeling so unwell,
Almost as if in a Hell.
Almost like I am
Under some sort of a spell.
Hoping soon I will be well.
Form: Tanka


Therapy

Pull the shades
Dim the lights
Hear the snores
No response
Just the crickets
My art dulls you? 
It's my therapy

A Sad Snippet

I have a sickness
in my soul,
a pain so deep
it boils,
it smeared my life
to and fro,
to the point I want to let go.

Sons of a storm

We are the sons of a storm
Our shield of a fragile meaning
The umbrella to the rain of life
Inevitable wetness, our fate

Foreshadowing

Foreshadowing all 
my needs, My wants are to vague 
My honor is wide
Nothing left for true reason
Insanity is my cave
Form: Tanka


Premium Member Art of Mental Resilience

Listen to poem:
Change-gears negative to neutral.
Cherish each present moment.
Find meaning in goals.
Practice self acceptance, compassion!
Form: Verse

Premium Member Habitual Resentment

Ever present, sometimes languished,
Almost gone, then reestablished.
This is why, defences high!
To your offer, no reply...
Form: Couplet

Premium Member She Wishes She Could Die

She wanted to die,
But they knew it was a lie.
She would always cry
After all of what she'd try
To end all the reasons why.
Form: Tanka

Madman

Mysterious book
It's covered in strange symbols
Silky blue binding
Its contents contain my fate
The language of a madman
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Opinions

Everyone on this planet would enjoy much greater mental health,
if everyone would just simply keep their opinions to themselves.
Form: Couplet

Premium Member Army Of One

he followed my lead
obedient fool
an army of one

agreed
he is made up of many
made up of few

all within me
a need
Form: Narrative

Premium Member Man On a Train

there's a man
on a train
with his head
in his hands

I'm three seats behind

a man
on the train
with my head
in my hands

Premium Member Little Toy Brick Man

for your information
I am not a little toy brick man
with U shaped hands
and interchangeable heads
but the world I live in
is

Premium Member Forgiveness III

Forgiveness is so simple
But only when the time is right
And that forgiving moment
Frees us of our pain and spite

(11/14/25)
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Sad Saturday

Despair weaving up my spine,
engorging within body, mine.
And though I twitched and groaned today,
that feeling did not go away.
Form: Couplet

Premium Member Agony

Feeling like I live
Inside bubble of sorrow.
Drowning in my mind.
All these bad dreams consume me.
Nothing at all what it seems.
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Stinging Eyes

The smoke stings my eyes
As every part of me dies,
While some part of me
Has a lot of endless cries.
But still I let us just be.
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Ode to My Brain

Ode to my bipolar brain
Creativity is my favorite thing 
Despite a memory so short
And ADHD of course
Poetry is a sign I’m insane!
Form: Ode

A Poem About Nothing

I have nothing to live for. 
I have nothing to die for. 
If I die today, it will be nothing
If I live today, it will be for nothing

Premium Member Sulking By The Shore

Silently sulking
By lake's soothing sounding waves.
Singing beneath stars.
Imagining sinking down:
How sad it would be to drown.
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Staring Into a Cup of Coffee

staring 
into a cup
of coffee

staring into
a cup
of coffee

my entire life
behind my eyes

staring into a
cup
of
coffee

Rejection

"Nap," written in blue
Resting means I'm a burden
Get no rest at night
To see the depths of my soul
You might just know rejection
Form: Tanka

Resilience

Bad things happen,
trauma occurs,
resilience is what gets you through.

So bounce back,
as you have survived 100% of your worse days.

Jack 35

I neither want nor enjoy the role
Of being a tortured soul

Not sure if I’m doing right or wrong
With no real clue what's going on
Form: Rhyme

Write

I write,

About the things
That never happened

For the people
That never existed

To the souls who
Will never read 

My poems

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