Mental Health
Enough!
Seven decades Is a l – o – n – g time But is it enough? Enough to be recognized respected remembered HEARD ? Does it matter When you're used to the back seat? Do your years diminish In the shadow of theirs? Is it enough to be MORE Than an afterthought? Does it carry enough weight? Perhaps it only weighs you d o w n . 25,000 days 600,000 hours 36 million minutes Each tick tick tick of the clock Has left its mark, > INSIDE < Where it doesn't show. Is it enough? Enough to Find The Exit? Today feels like “Yes.”
By Dana Crandell30 days ago in Poets
Understated Truths
Being way too deep, where secrets lie, The quiet truths begin to sigh, Beneath the weight of hollow dreams, Where silence drips like whispered screams. A faded mirror cracks with age, Reflecting tales that haunt a stage; The laughter masked by veils of night, Concealing fears from morning light. In twilight's grasp, the heart unwinds, And darkness finds what daylight blinds; An echo lost in mournful halls, Where every whisper softly calls. The lies we weave are threadbare spun, Yet in their fabric lies our fun; For pain is ink upon the page— We pen our sorrow’s cruel wage. A phantom touch on skin so cold, With every truth left untold; These understated threads entwined— Beneath the surface darkly shined. Embrace the dusk where shadows creep, For in this realm our secrets keep; And though the night may cloak our fears, It sings of all that disappears.
By Forest Greenabout a month ago in Poets
