Mental Health

Silent Screams
I scream so loud it's silent. My throat closes from the tension, the violent vibrations stay stunted inside. Perhaps one day I'll explode,
By Lolly Vieira7 months ago in Poets
Like a Monkey
Author’s Note: I’d like to state, for the record, that it’s not actually true that only primates use tools. That’s just something I recall hearing a long time ago.
By Test7 months ago in Poets
The Part I Don’t Write About. Runner-Up in Things You Can’t Say Out Loud Challenge. Content Warning.
I talk about walking, How I lace up the day like boots and drag the hours behind me, step by stubborn step. I write about grey days, like I'm talking about the weather
By angela mckendrick7 months ago in Poets
Do I Look Like Him?. Content Warning.
She remembered the smell of his cigarettes The way the smell of Bud Light danced Along the white corners of his mouth "I love you baby." He said.
By The Darkest Sunrise7 months ago in Poets
Introvert Extremist
There are things I wonder but dare not speak. Things I know would hurt feelings. Things that sound cruel, perhaps heartless.
By Lindsey Altom7 months ago in Poets
Skeleton Closet. Content Warning.
Goodbye skeletal hands gripping my neck pinning me high against the wall restricting saliva and oxygen from passing in tandem
By K.B. Silver 7 months ago in Poets
I know how this ends
I’ve done it quite a few times I can see the roads unfolding, I know how distance works and I know the price stubbornness comes at
By Umar Faiz7 months ago in Poets
Cannibal’s Call
The cannibals call from down the hall SACRIFICE!! To save our lives Or civilization will fall The end begins when the maws open wide
By Atomic Historian7 months ago in Poets
POTS and PANS+. Content Warning.
POTS stands for Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome, a condition that silently reshapes the lives of those who carry it.
By Lucy Oduwole7 months ago in Poets
Annihilator Mind
Lived four decades on this Earth, but sometimes, I still fail to understand its logic, as things don’t make sense.
By Seema Patel7 months ago in Poets
Hypocrite
The woman is poorly-educated, but is not stupid. She knows everything, yet pretends not to. Her man is evil,
By Seema Patel7 months ago in Poets
In Between The Stars
I walk the roads where silence speak, The moon it watches, soft and meek. Dreams fall like rains but never stay, They come, they go, then fade away.
By Shaheer7 months ago in Poets