Anxiety
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Anxiety’s Equations
Anxiety is like a Flustered mathematician A self-appointed professor Who can’t do simple addition He spends his days Scribbling complex equations But he still has yet to master The basics of calculation He stares in panic At his cluttered chalkboard He is bewildered by his own working But of one thing he is sure The Continue reading
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Facing Fear
I didn’t see it I didn’t comprehend The fear that gripped me That hemmed me in Born from past trauma From difficult days When my mood was low And my concentration in a haze I made it through I somehow survived But that feeling of fear Left scars inside I vowed never to allow myself Continue reading
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The Dunce Hat
We hear our name In every conversation we pass by We feel the pounding pressure Of the glare of every eye Thoughtless words Nestle in our hair Form a hat of humiliation That we feel forced to wear But it is only in our mind That this marker exists It is made from a substance Continue reading
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Spinning
Thoughts revolving In my head I am dizzy from their spin Darkness swirling Creates a whirlpool That tries to sucks me in Bitter remarks Beat me down Break my self-esteem Constant critiques And overthinking Create an awful din I pause I stop And lift my head up See the world That spins around me And Continue reading
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Sheep Pen
Fear is a sheep pen A restricting enclosure Hemming you in Stopping you moving forward Instead of endless pastures It’ll make you eat old grass It says there’s safety in numbers When you’re called to walk new paths It promises you won’t be hurt If you stay within its walls But you’ll wilt in its Continue reading
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Revived Dreams
Dreams die in Fear’s grip Like moulting birds in cages But there’s no dream God can’t bring to life But we do have to be courageous Fear melts in Boldness’ advance But remember it happens in stages Fear tries to have the last word But Bravery adds in new pages Continue reading
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Disappointment
Black pills gleaming Time for the daily dose Thrashing in the water Its vapours form thick smoke I know its taste Its bitter afterburn The spasms in the stomach As it begins to churn Two steps forward Three steps back I know the rhythm And pattern of this dance Time has conditioned me Steeled me Continue reading
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Struggling
A lament I am exhausted I am run down I fight every day To pick myself off the ground The duvet wraps around me In an iron grip My legs are weak and trembling My mind can barely think Every day I dig deeper Into reserves I didn’t know I had Every day I find Continue reading
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My Blood is Black
My blood is black And I bleed from pens My tears are black ink Which paper fails to stem I create instead of crying My pains made eternal Hide the dark nights of my soul In the deep cracks of a journal My hand reaches out As I am engulfed by a vapour And my Continue reading
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Trapped Words
Trapped words In my chest Screaming out Still unsaid A myriad of ideas Swirling in my mind I’m running out of space And I’m running out of time This burden of passion Has no outlet It pierces me with sorrow And fills me with regret This childhood dream Lives in my heart Waiting for the Continue reading
Dawn & Dusk 