Poetry

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don’t let the trees bloom green again while I lie drugged and still in bed don’t let the world explode with color while I see only gray...

And if you come to me all innocent and forlorn all regretful and torn between the rightery and the wrongery gathered in your multitudes in that field of...

How to Be a Mad Poet First, be mad. Then own it. Breathe in the anxiety, use it as fuel. You might have to lie down and breathe through the...

Produce a bit, consume a bit. For economics you'll be fit. Produce, consume, and then just die. That's right, my friend, it's all a lie! Don't be the...

How long does it take to totally change your life? One instant. How long does it take to turn hatred into love? One instant. How long does it...

I’ll sit here in this desperate chair thinking tainted thoughts. I’ll cultivate anger and contempt for all that has been lost. My mind is...

Today I am 27. I spent many years of my life in a very dark place. I spent many years suffering without truly understanding why....

It was about this crisp And with skinning wind That skies narrowed Darker with quickening clouds Vampires did all surround Shadows ever inkier grew And leapt off the page Separating me...

She (my psychologist) didn’t like me, and I don’t know why I guess it’s not okay to wish to die I was told by society I...

a fresh blister peeled on an ant across the street stomping off in anger with no where to go looks to long familiar signs with names written the same to...

Born with a pain I struggled to define I bore your secrets up and down my spine I pressed my tender back against the pew But there...

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall Humpty Dumpty had a great fall He shattered in pieces Then trauma ensued So we called several healers Who claimed that they knew They...

I’ve lived a life of deep pain, sorrow and suffering. I’ve lived a life of light with the capacity to shine at every angle...

I didn’t realise I was leaving till I was already gone. A strange face in the mirror. Stupid creature. And what good are you now to anyone? Seeking...

“Section 23a of your Form DD-214 lists your military occupational specialty as ‘EXP,’ the letter from the VA said. “That occupation does not exist....

I really find it such a stigma That men to me are an enigma, (That, greatly to my consternation, I just cannot make conversation.) Yes, though I call...

I wish I were.... I wish I were a dolphin, just a-swimming in the sea, I would swim and fish forever, a happy swimmer I would...

the sanest of men are here they are not carrying weapons even if they fight against ticking dynamite no gunshells against people who walk on eggshells they have pens...

And what is healing? Chiseling. Chipping. Picking. Smearing and rubbing off the grime. The gunk. The graffiti I no longer wish to wear. To hear. To feel in my left foot. Raised shoulder. Waist...

I wish you could see what happened to me They are things often not taught to a psychology student or MFT My mother became a drug...

I wish you had tried to understand what had happened to me, but in the end, you lacked empathy. I tried to convey to you...

Mad women Sad women Neglected And not accepted Our experiences of child abuse and suicidal ideation can’t possibly be connected We are said to be “crazy, hysterical, and abnormal,” And...

Battered and bloody locked up locked down in your broken down hallway “where is the exit?” I ask “Its in your hand” says the nurse “the little yellow pill” “Take it...

There’s a beauty in madness That most will never understand A love that opens up your heart To those you never met, never knew, never saw before. And...