I know I’ll never kill you My greatest enemy For the end of you Would mean the end of me So all I can do Is keep on beating you down However much my fists may bleed With those on my corner Making sure I never quit This endless fight Putting you on the ground […]
Depression & Mental Health
Wellbeing
People think wellbeing Is about being well But it’s not I mean, look at me I’m not well I haven’t been for a long time I maybe never will But I’m in a good place Compared to where I’ve been I’ve found comfort and contentment To me that’s good wellbeing Even if it isn’t being […]
Nightfall
Night falls Bringing with it The stars Crashing down Leaving The whole world In shadow But day Will always follow night And as night falls Day is never far behind Tumbling after And breaking On the ground Shards of sunlight Piercing the veil Of darkness
Moth to the Flame
Like a moth To the flame My unguarded mind Is drawn To the thoughts I know will serve Only to burn But I suffer The flame Enduring The burning For the biggest mistake I could make Would be to shy Away from the fire Away from the light And live a life In darkness Response […]
The Void Calls To Me
The void Calls my name Making promises Of freedom Peace Silence Trying to tempt me Into the darkness And there are times When it is hard to resist The sirens that live there Luring me With their melodious voices But I must resist If not for me Then for those Who can’t fight this on […]
Weekend Wandering
I don’t know Where I go On weekends Somewhere Between the heart Of the madness And the farthest reaches Of my sanity Floating Drifting In the endless void That exists In my brain
Mental Masochism
It was meant to be my penance Self-imposed punishment But in time I grew to love the pain I inflicted on myself I became addicted To the torment inside Eating me alive I gave in To masochistic tendencies Allowing the disease To take over And infect my mind I gave it control Over my entire […]
Beneath the Dule Trees
I close my eyes Drift off to sleep Float away To a far away place Where the night never ends Yet the stars never shine Walking a path Lined with dule* trees Ropes hanging from long dead boughs And each tree named After a regret A failure A trauma from my past Every demon living […]
Fog
Fog Descends Blinding Deafening Yet comforting In its silence Suffocating But keeping me safe From the toxic atmosphere Of the world around me In response to the Word of the Day prompt: fog
untitled poem about denial and stuff
I locked away the secrets of my heart Hid the truths I dared not share So deep within my mind That even when I fell apart The real me I could not find My own denial the perfect keeper Of the secrets I hoped to forget The truths I tried to fashion into lies Until […]
