I have a thousand and one voices in my head, none of them mine
I am holding my hand out, through the crowd
Faceless voices and bodies, milling about in my head
I reach through them, hoping I can grab hold of her (them?)
And pull them (her?) up out of the void
Otherwise, I fear, she (they?) might fall and disappear into the chasm
I think I need some help
Someone to grab my ankles and lower me down
Until I can reach her (them?)
Reaching
Reaching
Reaching
But my hands stay empty
They stay empty
And I worry, I'll stay empty forever
With no respite,
From a thousand and one voices inside my head, none of them mine
Jul 13, 2021
Jul 13, 2021 at 12:55 PM UTC
I was today years old when i realised
that if your heart were to shatter
mine would too
i think my heart is constructed from the little pieces that i take
from the people who mean the most to me
for example, in the right top corner
you can hear the notes of your laughter as we dance around you
and just below that, you'll see the way your face brightened as you talked about something stupid
to me
but important
to you
these feelings that make up my heart are
like bricks,
laid messily atop one another
with your happiness the mortar in-between
and i think
if tears were to roll off your face
onto my heart
they would dissolve that mortar,
weaken the structure just a little
until it shatters
into tiny pieces,
like rubies in the sunlight,
glinting crimson and warm
of course,
hearts can be patched together
a steady hand, some glue and
a whole load of patience
but,
that's what i'm here for right?
Apr 21, 2019
Apr 21, 2019 at 2:19 AM UTC
Mental health is different.
It holds different thoughts, different values, different insecurities.
In some it is the manifestation of not being pretty or smart
The feeling of being alone or unable to say,
Please.
For medical students, it is the trauma we see in the hospital
The problems we hear
The conditions we learn about
It is the recognition of symptoms, the knowing of the unknown
It is the pressure of exams, the pressure of constant competition with those you love, hate and.
Fear.
It is the comparison of z values and centiles, ranks and scores
It is the absence of,
“hey, how are you today?”
Apr 10, 2018
Apr 10, 2018 at 2:18 PM UTC
Define: Anxiety
(n) A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something with an uncertain outcome
Worry, nervousness, unease
All true
But in reality?
Anxiety settles in the fissures of your mind
Squats in the darkest recesses
And laughs at you,
Crushes you
Asks questions like,
Was I good enough?
Am I good enough?
Will I be good enough?
Apr 10, 2018
Apr 10, 2018 at 2:17 PM UTC
The body is a series of puzzles put together to make one big puzzle.
The mind.
The body.
The ***** systems.
The tissues.
The cells.
Puzzles within puzzles.
Mental health takes those puzzles
Lays them upon a flat surface
And swings its hammer in a wide arc
To Shatter those puzzles,
Break up the tiny, interlocked pieces,
And scatter them across the plane of your soul.
Apr 10, 2018
Apr 10, 2018 at 2:16 PM UTC
She loved art,
more so when she’s using red
Bright- filled with joie de vivre.
Dark- deep and sophisticated.
Soon her colour pencils will get blunt,
if not already broken
She reaches over to her drawer
full of sharpeners,
all either bladeless or with rusty metals
She takes a brand new one out of its packaging
and admired its beauty,
Its lustrous metal gleam
She unscrews it and began drawing red
on her pale, see-through canvas
The metal cold on her blue veins
unlike the warm red, now in a crimson shade.
Mar 5, 2018
Mar 5, 2018 at 7:27 AM UTC
Smile
Speak quietly
Conjugate words
Kiss
Smile
Show teeth
Stick out your tongue
Salivate
Smile
Scream loudly
Hold breath
Swallow
Smile
Taste flavor
Pleasure him
Masticate
Smile
Speak eloquently
Say ahh
Repeat
Mar 5, 2018
Mar 5, 2018 at 7:27 AM UTC
the moment a poet
falls in love with you
is the moment
you live
f o r e v e r
Mar 5, 2018
Mar 5, 2018 at 7:27 AM UTC
Let's pretend we are not in love
And go on walking
So I can fall for you
All over again
Mar 5, 2018
Mar 5, 2018 at 7:27 AM UTC
They will be gentlemen
able to stand for their own rights
but also respect those of others
they will not take advantage of those who place their trust in them
they will not degrade, humiliate or belittle others
they will learn how to earn love and how to give love
they will learn how to be the best men they can be whilst also helping others be the best they can be
they will learn about equality and kindness and humility and respect and all the things that are good in the world
they will empower women, men, children, the elderly and all those inbetween
they will be men
but first and foremost they will be kind
Mar 4, 2018
Mar 4, 2018 at 5:29 AM UTC