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08-09-2020 11:04 AM
08-09-2020 11:04 AM
Poem
Hi
I recently found a poem that I wrote a while ago about 6/7 years ago.
Day by Day
The steps are harder
The climbs seems to be so far
It seems endless
Then I reach the bottom step
Dealing with bad memories
to feel so helpless
that no one seems to care
Yet a hand reaches out to you
Climb one step is a gain
but fall back two is a loss
with a hand there for guidance
we gain fiveinstead
Somedays it's an easy road
while others are hard
At times I give up
cause no one cares
Just like a Wall of China
up and down all the way
some days I feel great
some days I just want to go
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08-09-2020 11:56 AM
08-09-2020 11:56 AM
Re: Poem
@KEJ - Thank you so much for sharing your poem!
I really like it - I can feel your emotion throughout.
Keep writing 🙂
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08-09-2020 12:09 PM
08-09-2020 12:09 PM
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Hey @KEJ thanks for sharing your poem, for me it really articulates what a journey living with mental health issues can be, how hopeless it can feel but also so different from one day to the next. As @Eliza22 said please keep sharing here or on some of our other writing threads - Re: writing as a form of therapy
What is it like reading back on that poem today?
Also @Eliza22 welcome to the forums! Please do keep jumping in, threads are open to all members. Also don't hesitate to ask questions of us moderators or other members while you get used to the forums. The Guidelines can be pretty handy too for understanding how it all works. Lastly if you want to introduce yourself here with a few random facts please do. Hopefully see you around 🌻
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08-09-2020 03:11 PM
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09-09-2020 01:04 PM
09-09-2020 01:04 PM
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@KEJ this is one I wrote for my bipolar, ptsd partner not long after I first met him to encourange him to share his burdens with me:
The human marches through the urban struggle
breaks his back and breaks his heart and soldiers on
amid the chaos and the choking weeds of reality
Through lonely nights and busy days and what we must
and what we can and what we should
to make the world within our view the best we can
The human was not made for ruts and sameness
which is not the same as safe and warm which crave all hearts
from underneath the blankets of alone
We crave the touch, deserve the warmth
and function on a higher, braver level when all our strength
is drawn from not just one lone human heart
For life was made and will be taken, maybe soon
and what the human chooses to become, or not -
to share, to feel, to love, to live - or not –
has always been a choice
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15-09-2020 08:32 PM
15-09-2020 08:32 PM
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When I found it I was just stunned in how bad I was. I did not realise the impact of abuse can do to you. I will write another one but at the moment I'm in the progress to see if I can get a job. Also I have my Righthand Carpal Tunnel operation on this Tuesday!
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15-09-2020 08:47 PM
15-09-2020 08:47 PM
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Hi @KEJ, all the best with your carpal tunnel operation. Can't wait to read your next poem. Take care 🌼🤗
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05-10-2020 03:58 PM
05-10-2020 03:58 PM
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Hi everyone
I found this one in the back of my old diary.
There is no title yet.
Struggling to come to term
that abuse by children
cannot affect every fern
they may wilt but never die
yet I have nothing but died
If only they gave me respect
today thing will not be on reject
Why is it I am working for them?
I have been away ten weeks
and will never get a break
asthe nightmare will stay
with me while I stay
Now my second time back
will I ever get back on track?
The parents are to blame
for the abuse that became a game
Yet so young and never learn
because they know what to yearn
Some day I will get over it
but when will I get over it?