Illness Poems - Poems about Illness

Flashbacks of the days I wish I could forget, The harsh words spoken, cutting deep like a threat. Trust shattered like glass, scattered on the floor, Leaving scars so deep, we can't ignore. Mental health issues, a heavy burden...Read the rest...

Thinking about us I come undone Looking back I don’t know Whether we lost or won Voices in my mind That I just can’t translate But I know I’ll learn to appreciate I’m not laying blame I’m not keeping score I just wish I...Read the rest...

Into the safety of imagination where I retreat the incessent drums of society no longer beat, and the world becomes my own creation where I retreat into the safety of imagination I'd rather dwell inside a wondrous dream and dance...Read the rest...

They bleed are disappointed in me, I see it in their eyes I wll not bathe in arrogance, mistakes were made and they were my fault alone But I have to say "oh well" to move on....Read the rest...

A little girl lay still Quietly in her bed Fighting the screams That roared inside her head Hiding the fear within Eyes sealed shut Breath contained Too scared to move She can longer stay Too distressed Her little brain floats away Splitting itself Forming new selves...Read the rest...

Awake, floods of razors flow to my heart Beep. My mind speeds in circles I'm a zombie lying...Read the rest...

I grieve for all of what can never ever come to be. I grieve for all the moments and times in which others have left me. I grieve for all the ways I could have lived differently....Read the rest...

I’m scared of what life has in store But I’m also excited to see what it is. Back in 2021 I wanted to end it all I was ready to forfeit this race. It was always day but...Read the rest...

What difficult insanity? Repeating every day. Laughing, pure absurdity at life’s prevailing way. The lack of understanding buried deep in darker deeds. Dysfunctional autonomy, that never will succeed. Psychotic conversations with an entity not there. Do you feel the sunshine’s warmth? Or smell the human air? As...Read the rest...

Believe After all this agony, I still believe. Though my spirit suffered, I found relief. I seek to rescue, Cause all these pains are addictive. After all this torture, I still believe. Words cannot express how it is vindictive, The way life...Read the rest...

Smoldering In The Dark My muse set fire to my soul With her Irish blood and scorpion sting The darkness had no chance. Skeletons huddled in the closet Bones rattled as it burned to the ground Ashes to ashes, dust to...Read the rest...

Igniting pain retrieving the chemical imbalance in my brain soft tissue itched my frontal lobe leaned over my forehead as my temporal lobe offered little comfort in cognitive skills my optic nerve damage piercing pain...Read the rest...

I walk in circles. Then I walk in bigger circles. My mom tells me to walk to the store. But I’m too tired to be outside. Inside is just easier. I’m still drawing my circles like an ice skater, And I’m...Read the rest...

Images of broken lights that dance before my jagged tears, Inspecting me and sending me to Jupiter and Mars, High above the heady halls of home and heartless heresies, We dream the dreams of galaxies and saturate the...Read the rest...

In the darkest recesses of my mind a maelstrom brews, a tempest unseen epilepsy's insidious tendrils weave a tapestry of chaos, thoughts ensnared Every step a battle, every task a test concentration's flame flickers, threatened by the relentless onslaught of seizures'...Read the rest...