A Poem for Lovers of the DSM by Rebecca Donaldson

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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...

Rub My Feet by Rod McDonald

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Your big toe gave you away. It wiggled and that meant foot rub please, Dad. Your eyes were closed, but I could feel the vibes all the way from...

Survive by Cyndi Schlieger

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Running wouldn't help you'd still be yourself. So much noise inside that mind. The never ending urge to flee as if a change of...

Paradoxical Reaction by J Ian

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Open up your jaw, In such and such. A serpentine fashion. Blue pill awaits. Your trembling mouth.

The degree of love: Six semesters and the Convocation Day by Navratra

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What if couples celebrate pose day instead of rose day? Teaching each other how to stand in front of the camera could be the best...

Letting Go by Ashleigh

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Let go, Of all that shit, That is holding you back. Let go of fear, Let go of uncertainty, Let go of anger, Let the unpredictable be just that, Unpredictable. Let go of your need for control of things you cannot control, Hold on to your truths.

Losing You by Alshaad Kara

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If destiny had a choice, Sufferings would not be chosen Yet the pain is a consistent Dream that refuses to elope With the night. Strength comes from weakness Blossoming as...

The labels… by Clare-Star Knighton

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I’m peeling off the labels, The adjustment disorders, the bipolar disorder, I’m peeling off the labels, the borderline - the avoidant - the emotionally unstable personality disorders. I’m peeling off the labels, to find ME, MEEEE that’s hidden.under.all.these.labels!

Madness, Beauty, Love by Laurenne Kredentser

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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...

From Maggie’s Love to IDHS Hell by Marci Webber

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Love we shared with exquisite tenderness With the Dr’s scripts has long since vanished. They say it wasn’t my responsibility Not guilty because of acute insanity. Yet they...

Unknown Restlessness by Aisha Momin

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So there is an energy surge Which is an emerge Maybe it is from the submerge ? Getting cleansed by purge That's why I had an urge But I...

Poetry By Ken Segal

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Inside my brain Inside my brain are pitch black bits, They cause me to forget. I got them many years ago, Do I hate them?  You bet! All sorts...

Hard of Hearing by Francis Fernandes

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I kept telling her that Carsten Dahl is not Carson Dyle for the obvious reason the former doodles Danish bebop on the piano with a sort of...

Everything is Tammy by Ms. Dangerfield

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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...

Do Not Swallow the Pill by Anonymous

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Do not swallow the pill, This condensed mass of powder That the world has convinced you Will “fix” you, your “problematic” self My darling, you are not broken You are not lost, you are not crumpled You are merely a being living In a society, in a culture That you were never meant to be forced into

Poetry by Kris

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All is the self The world where it is felt What’s around what’s within Simple the mind of which integrates let be without To listen when it is loud Less...

“Seniors” Rant by Don Weitz

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A rant dedicated to all “seniors” in geriatric wards and nursing homes we’re sick     we’re stuck     we’re fucked we’re labelled     we’re libelled “demented”      “incompetent”

Too by Monica Khadijah Davies

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My nose is too long My hands are too big My feet have grown You see they did My belly is fat My tits are small My legs are lean I...

Word Salad, or You’re a Fool, Doctor, and an Insult to My Intelligence by...

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I found meaning where it was all along in the living of this moment the breathing of this breath the pictures in my mind in my view of the world

Time machine by Hussein Hammoud

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One day I got so smart that I built my own time machine. Right away I went back and un-kissed the girl who broke...

Doctor Do-Little by Eva Buchholz

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Why little? Belittle? Do little? Do little harm! I'm wishing for a doctor who does little Little enough Enough little little

Antichrist Priest by David Penner

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“You are sick. You are unwell,” said the man in the white coat. “No rational person believes 9/11 was an inside job. Alas, You are a very sick man, and we are going to make you well. We can cure you. We used to burn witches, yet we’ve grown more Sophisticated in our methods. Now we leave the body intact - but not The mind. Look at what we did to Julian. No one can escape us.”

Wasted by Darcey Ewing-Segers

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The ugly blackbird came back It survived I did not pound it hard enough It has come for me Its talons are sharpened, ready to repay