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The poetry corner - post your poems in here
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Hi everyone,
This is a thread for sharing your creative works.
Please bear in mind our community rules before submitting your work.
This thread is located in the BB Social Zone, so the primary purpose here is entertainment.
We will not publish poems containing dark or disturbing content, including themes of suicide, self-harm, death, dying, abuse or other forms of trauma.
Thanks for your understanding.
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Now
I can feel the breeze
I can hear the water fall
I can see the blue sky
I can taste the sweetness
And when I relax
I can feel the sadness
I can feel the loss
I can feel again
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Darkness
Lead me to the darkness
And hold me by your hand
Show me the memories
And make me understand
Wash away my tears
And brush away my fears
Help me to feel
It is time to heal
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Have another cuppa
And start to plan your day
A scotch finger to go with it
and procrastinate away
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I have been encouraged to post some of my poetry which I have been writing in the past year. I also do alot of art work too. I find it easier to express in written or art form what is so hard to articulate by speaking.
I wrote this in July 2015 not long after coming out of hospital for depression.
"TEARS"
Such heartfelt pain
This emotional strain
Which I can't hide
Welling up inside
Pulsing through veins
Flowing like rain
Releasing a stream
Glistening with saline
Rolling down cheeks
Sadness and grief
Slumped in form
Feeling so worn
So internally torn
Time to mourn
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I wrote this one about depression in April 2015 whilst in Hospital.
"DEPRESSION"
Depression comes like darkness falling.
Taking willing souls like rivers flowing.
Slowly consuming like big fires burning.
When hope is lost our mind is faltering.
Turning minds into raging Kaos; a warning.
Somewhere deep, dim light's still glowing.
Take one more step, just keep on going.
The mind revives with desire and longing.
With hope filled promises and future showing.
Just dont give up without ever knowing!
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I wrote this one about Stigma, also in hospital in April/May 2015. I wrote it especially for a lady who was also a patient with depression but she just could not tell her family that she was in hospital. She was ashamed of the Stigma associated with having depression. I am the opposite = I am not ashamed about having depression, its just one if life's battles. She was pretty emotional when I gave it to her. I feel very strongly about wanting to talk more "publically" about depression and anxiety and to normalise it as part of life's journey.
"STIGMA"
Someone else's view of you
Is not a true reflection of who
You are YOU; so don't feel blue
There are many here just like you
Please do not feel ashamed
For you are not to blame
Depression is not a stain
On your good human frame
Stigma is just a NAME!
It's an ignorant fools game.
Their opinions are askew
They are not facts nor are true
So take time out to renew
Because you are valued too!
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Don't ask me about my financial wealth
Or the state of my mental health
I'm doin fine, just fine
I'm doin fine, just fine
I might be viewed
As a little skewed
I'm a dead-set loner
A constant moaner
But
I'm doin fine just fine
I'm doin fine, just fine
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INK SPOT
To focus on an ink spot
So damn irrelevant
Missing the value of what
Passes me by
I straighten myself
As if I’ve won
Against the fool
Move my eyes from that ink spot
I no longer focus on….