Poetry

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...

Dear Doctor, Can we please rewind, slip back in time? To the first time that we spoke. You say you don’t remember me It’s no trouble, Let’s refresh your memory I’m...

I want to write a love poem for the girls who have been branded with, “Borderline.” I want to write a love poem for the...

I can remember certain feelings, but I can’t feel very well. I can’t hold someone’s hand because my hands over grip. They squeeze very hard....

Some say I am explaining the anti-psychiatry movement to my psychiatrist, but I can only tell you: On the kitchen stove a tea kettle is screaming and no one is...

What if we all became preachers? Us madfolk Who’ve been locked up, lobotomized, and drugged into a living death Who’ve been tied to trees and left to...

Me alive apparently - not sure. Jonah potential danger Dr. Ivorchuck is being paged. That's Shawn's voice. Dr. Oram- or him? I might have HIV so...

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...