Depression

You seep
into me
as I awake
at the call
of dawn

Vulnerability
is...

Dee press on!
That’s what they tell me
But how can you tell me to press on?
When you...

Fighting for years then suddenly I’m beat,
I can’t fight for you any longer,
Room for two but...

For years she suffered
With her mental health.
“God I’m so clumsy,
I keep hurting...

Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Suffering is innocent,
And so are you;

...

My feeling Death, you inspire me to write.
How I love the way you lie, rest and hide,
...

Nothing’s as quiet as the room where she lays,
They say ‘shock, horror’ but to me it’s no surprise...

My mind is like a labyrinth I feel like I'm lost

how much of what is left of my sanity will it cost...

Invisible Disability

I am a disabled person
It is a part of me.
I have not lost an...

Why are you trying to save me?
Don’t you know that a caged bird will never feel free.
The...

Inspired by Anne Francis’s powerful poem, “The Blind Beggar”

I once was young, a stripling lad...

A dark sky rolls in inch by inch like a caterpillar
A boy innocent and young watches and wonders...

She can never be sure how to feel.
Content with being alone and isolated,
a state where she...

Dealing with my own demons.
Sorry if I put the blame on you.
Shame on me not shame on you....

Depression carries the question,
What's the matter with you?
If I knew that, I would be happy...