mentalhealth – Page 2 – Poetry by Taylor

17th January 2022

dried up paint

Scraping dried up paint from under my fingernailsWith a 2HWriting shit with too many detailsIts getting lateLying down by my bookKept company by my pencilsAnd my phoneBut its only decoration right nowI love it when an addiction is just decorI could be using it but I wouldn’t know what forTo pick you upTo start to…

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23rd June 2021

trigger

I sometimes loose control of my body My hands smack into my head repeatedly My eyes water with no end My heart rushes and bangs through my chest This can be caused when I have strong feelings that my brain can’t process. I wanted to sleep for hours and I couldn’t I wanted to feel…

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22nd October 2020

Keep on telling myself

You love to hard Not hard enough No one will like you You act too tough Open your doors But only a crack If not they will swing All the way back And no ones ready for your demons No ones ready for the truth So just smile and tell a lie There’s too many…

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5th May 2020

insomnia

I made myself believe in monsters And demons and ghosts Because they were the explanations That I could get away with the most Instead of explaining my mental health I could blame it on my imagination On my lack of education But no Its insomnia Its stress Its anxiety and depression That wrap me up…

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2nd May 2020

Burnt and drowning

Sunkisses can turn to burns Water glissens can cause concerns because too much and your drowning wet and hot and burnt But isnt pain and pleasure to die for so many lessons to learn Taylor

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30th April 2020

I was young

I was young and dumb it started by carving my hand with the nail on my thumb But then I started etching my doodles into my skin Before I knew what self-harm was I had no way of stopping it It started as art then became a control Controlling depression Trying to lessen Never learning…

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19th April 2020

Fall or fly

And I fall sometimes I fall Or am I just flying It feels like Im dying Yet weightless Every problem off my shoulder Am I gliding? Surviving? Or will I hit the ground in a crash I never know how far down I’ll go Before my wings open up again But Im scared that one…

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21st February 2020

Naked

If you saw my body You would want to close your eyes Or at least have myself cover The scarred wrists and thighs You would try to ignore it But you wont be able to Because who wants to look at this Cut up flesh Sliced skin Some still healing But some fresh Some are…

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20th February 2020

Eating

Why have I still not eaten breakfast at a time where some people would be having lunch? Why do I eat all day when Im stressed or away? Why do I love eating but also love hunger? Taylor

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7th February 2020

Sorry

I’m sorry for hurting you Just because I had to doesn’t mean its not true I needed to put myself first But the pain was put through you I had to let you go So I could grow I’m sorry… but Maybe you should try it too Taylor

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