Mental Health

Please do not tell an ugly girl that she is pretty
They told me that I have Body dysmorphia That I’m not truly the terrifying Alien being That my brain has convinced me that
By Trinity Noelleabout a year ago in Poets
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This was a new kind of hurt Not constant or regular The kind that swooped in and out Embezzled the air from my lungs The kind of hurt that came in ripples
By Trinity Noelleabout a year ago in Poets
Before You Ended Me
Before You Ended Me You pulled at my sanity, like you were pulling the petals from a rose. I wouldn’t be bought or used,
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk about a year ago in Poets
Vocal Silence
I speak, but you do not hear. I write, but you do not read. The word becomes flesh but you do not see. You walk right by without a second thought,
By Randy Wayne Jellison-Knockabout a year ago in Poets
Sometimes fastness needs to hide itself and welcome, calm, peaceful day
Time goes so fast recently almost like a day was a whole lifetime but what bad pases and it enters new door new people new love new mind like an awakening charm that want to communicate even if body is still in the form of being transformed it gives pains and discomforts that I so wish to just leave I know digesting all it takes time and without patience and time it won't be working out fastness need to hide itself and need welcome calm peaceful day
By Antea Lumina Kala Matylda about a year ago in Poets
Life is Beautiful
Life really is a beautiful thing, but it is not always pretty.
By Annie Edwards about a year ago in Poets
This Is Not For Metrics
We shared a poem today. Emotionally raw and quite devastating. I watched my wife cry as they wrote. I held them when they pressed, 'submit'. Yes submit. Place your vulnerabilities out into the world—for understanding, for solidarity, for survival. For peace.
By River and Celia in Underlandabout a year ago in Poets
A Short Perspective
I am a small fly on the wall who can not see Because everyone around wants to squash me We're partners in this no matter what it is
By Forest Greenabout a year ago in Poets
My Wonderland. Content Warning.
I thought I'd escaped Found the secret to surviving The hell, I was stuck living in When trembling overtook me I slid down the rabbit hole
By K.B. Silver about a year ago in Poets
Tea-Party Memories
Tea parties and tutus Transformed to Drunken dormouse echoes On the perpetually set table Of a forgotten spring Spread with china teapots spouting
By K.B. Silver about a year ago in Poets
Wonderland
I woke one frost fogged morning to a staircase coiling sideways through a lemon drop sky, the handrail made of back-crossed whispers,
By Ellie Hoovsabout a year ago in Poets
Lavender
Your weary mind stumbles Your fettered heart trembles In a sad and stubborn loop Step through the Portal The soothing scent softly wafting
By Colleen Waltersabout a year ago in Poets