Mental Health

One-Ply Eulogy
He came full pizzicato, legs tapping like violin strings, thinking himself some demon thing— a silk-threaded symphony of malice and fang.
By Ellie Hoovsabout a year ago in Poets
Why today isn’t a Good Friday
Clears throat. Is this thing on? I woke up today and thanked the Lord for everything wrong. Not because it’s Friday and thats good, or because the stock market is closed and I’m sitting poolside with a copy of Margaret Atwood.
By Natasha Collazoabout a year ago in Poets
The Curse I Birthed
Come, dwell within my mind for a day, and watch the demons howl their lungs out. Now and then, screaming my futility.
By Write Rippleabout a year ago in Poets
Bewilderment
Another prompt, another work group class. I'm really enjoying these Friday Writers.com classes. I'd love to join writers.com but it's a WHOPPING $47 a month. That's right! Crazy huh? But the Friday and Monday free groups have helped me write some great poems! Today's prompts and quote was interesting == it was: Quote: “Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment.” by Rumi and the Prompt: Write cleverly, or write from bewilderment. Thus I chose Bewilderment:
By ᔕᗩᗰ ᕼᗩᖇTYabout a year ago in Poets
Father, You Left Me with Ghosts
I lost my father a year or two ago, I'm always off by one. And the rage I feel Is a warm, loaded gun. Searching through crowds for who
By Amyabout a year ago in Poets
The Hollow Within
These days, I don't want to do anything. Everything feels empty. I just want to stare at the sky all day. While gazing upward, I feel fragments of peace.
By Ellieabout a year ago in Poets
Caught
Flashing blackness Closing in A vignette On my periphery Even farther Then I can normally see Encroaching daily On my abilities
By K.B. Silver about a year ago in Poets
Reluctance's Cost Over Failure
"Reluctance" is more devastating than "failure." I have a friend whose husband was a college classmate. They'd been together since their student days, eventually marrying. Life was challenging initially, as neither had much money, but she steadfastly supported her husband.
By Emily Chan - Life and love sharingabout a year ago in Poets
Extermination
They must have felt me radiating warmth from the heat of smiles that burned from inner flames and felt the need to crawl
By Ellie Hoovsabout a year ago in Poets
A soul unbound
**"A Soul Unbound"** Beyond the reach of human fingers, Above the earth, the soul expands— A blazing flame, a bright flicker, No shadow cast, no sin proclaimed.
By Ankur sarkerabout a year ago in Poets
All vocal my friends please read
They Stole MY POEMS My heart is not just aching, it’s bruised, blackened by the greed of a stranger who took what was never theirs.
By ♿ V+ Marie381Uk about a year ago in Poets
Be Okay With Not Being Okay.
I guess that’s the day, I wish someone could tell me, " It's okay to cry, It's okay to be sad, You're worth it." At some point in life.
By Kambalapally Kavyaabout a year ago in Poets