Poems
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Purple Pill Prayer
By Skye StanifordAlways soft always strong
That’s the promise
On the table
Dear Saint Sodium Val -
Madness Opus
By Mohammad AwadCreating fortresses
Out of bed sheets, pillows
and the corners of my mattress,
I cradle my speakers -
The Key
By Mary BakerAs free as a bird in a cage,
You have trapped me.
And thrown away the key.
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my body is a window
By Scott-Patrick Mitchelli.
which is to say: if you lift me up i will let in a thousand
fragrant blooms spring air to hold you -
Grief
By Hope OneFloating between the deep dark
And light
Body pushing upward
Arms pushing down -
Listen to Your Patients
By Anna Jacobson20mg
The on-call psychiatrist says it’s not the meds
telling me I should walk the tracks at night. Should I hide the bottle
of floor cleaner? The on-call psychiatrist doesn’t listen. -
Triptych: Post Traumatic Relationship Syndrome
By Gabrielle Journey Jones1. P.T.R.S
Pretend you're okay
Tell no-one the truth -
Turn the Light On
By NookyI was haunted by a past that polluted my heart,
but the fire in my eyes light a path out of the dark,
it comes for you at your weakest and that’s when you need to fight strong, trust me I’ve been there before I know the night's long
but when you’re trapped in the dark you just need to turn the light on.