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Poetry: Using words to cope with mental illness
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This is a poem I wrote
Lord help me here tonight
As I kneel and pray to you
I have lost all direction
I need you to show me what to do.
I have made mistakes this time
I need your hand to guide me
Show me where I am to stand
But not in the shadows that hide me
You are all I have in life
To help me see the way
When I close my eyes at night
Cause the dreams to fade
I need to feel your light
That upon my face does shine
I need to know you love me still
And in the shadows not to hide
Lord show me the way in darkness
When to you I know I must cleave
Shelter me in the storms of life
From my side please do not leave
I have made mistakes this time
I need your hand to guide me
Show me where I am to stand
But not in the shadows that hide me
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This poem beautifully captures the push and pull of living with mental illness — how time can feel like both a comfort and a curse. The raw honesty in the lines about losing control and trying to “find the right glue” really resonates. It’s powerful how you’ve turned something so painful into art that others can connect with. Truly moving work.
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Time
My enemy, my friend
At the beginning and the end
I never have enough, or it’s just goes by too fast
Yet when there is to much, my thoughts get lost in the past
You are forever a revolving door that never ceases
I can’t get out each time so I fall to pieces
Get it together, there’s too much to do
But despite my attempts, I can’t seem to find the right glue
So, I manage as I have, or really it manages me
I’ll submit and give in because that’s all I know how to be
Don’t worry my friend, I’m an infinite being
Because with no beginning nor end I’ll forever be fleeing