Hope
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Dusk Raider
Ghostly wandererReturns at duskTo turn my harvestInto empty husks Swinging lanternLeaks out smokeMasks his faceAs my dreams choke He stays until dawnWithering my cropsLaying down seedsOf grief and loss When the sun risesHe melts awayLeaving me burdenedWith guilt and dismay And so I mustStart the struggle againSowing seeds of hopeAnd praying for rain Continue reading
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Fiery Sphere
The sun strains As it holds up the sky For it knows that when it dips My dreams will die The embers of dusk Herald a warning That hope has fled And will be gone until morning The bleakness of A starless night Chills the soul Pierces it with fright Until at last, the edge Continue reading
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From Dawn to Dusk
If you rearrange the word ‘depression‘, you can form the phrase ‘I pressed on’. Sometimes, recovery is just about getting from dawn to dusk without giving up. The sun rises A new day starts But morning for me Is when my heart goes dark A long shadow Is cast over my day As towers of Continue reading
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Flame
The flame is speaking Steadily it hums As it gently flickers It sings its song I will devour All that you own Right now I am small But soon I will grow I will feast on your dreams Consume your talents I will burn your eloquence And condemn you to silence But when the fire Continue reading
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Failed Foundation
I feel beneath my feet The ruins of a foundation A groundwork that was laid But was completely wasted A life spent But spent in vain Now these stones Are just a source of shame I prepare to break These reminders up But something in me Causes me to stop My failed foundation My so-called Continue reading
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A Court of Fear and Loathing
My thoughts gather On this spiral staircase Each one sneering With malevolent face They’ve all prepared Each one has a speech Either some accusation Or a declaration of defeat I spin round In this amphitheatre But my attempts at defence Will have no impact here Their white papers Rain down As cheers of derision Echo Continue reading
Anxiety, Depression, Emotions, Fear, Guilt, Hope, Pain, Perfectionism, Poetry, Rumination, Trauma, Truth -
Jester
I am not sure How I got this role I did not apply But was still enrolled Chosen as the happy one Who cheers everyone up Who always smiles And shows true love I was the one To carry other people’s burdens But found myself alone When I was hurting I danced so long That Continue reading
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A Giver
Why can’t I Be like everyone else And be content to live Focussed on myself? Everyone else Can be insular Live without guilt Easily ignore others But if I do I die inside When I indulge myself I’m never satisfied I tried to be self-focussed To put me first But I was left With this Continue reading
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Curse or Crown
A young man has an affliction Suffers from a curse It’s been there his whole life He’s had it since birth He can feel your emotions As if they were his own When he sees someone wince His insides groan Describe your situation And he will experience it Open the sorrows of your heart And Continue reading
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Invisibility Cloak
A young man lives In a shroud of smoke His staggering steps hidden For he wears an invisibility cloak He found it one day In a cupboard in his room It promised to hide his secrets Instead, it became his tomb To all who looked at him He looked like he was doing ok But Continue reading
Dawn & Dusk 