Poem 1

Haggard and slow

Mind way down below

The mask i have to wear

its cracks are starting to show

Flaking away and revealing

the hurt that's within me.

Stress and anxiety

having to hide

Not fair at all

yet I've no choice

Those whose supposed to care

fail to see nor hear

how much I'm hurting

mentally and emotionally

What can i do?

Where can i go?

On a level, I dunno

However, i do know one thing

I can only go up

if i hit rock bottom

I know That I'm Not weak

So i'll keep fighting

The mask may need fixing

but i'll keep tripping

as i need to, as i Have to

I rather stumble and fall

than give in and lay

where I've fallen and not learn at all.

Poem 2

Silence

It reigns over all

It's seen many a fall and Many a rise

-

However,

None ever notice it's there

It's presence is forever near

Watching, waiting

Like time it's always working

Keeping quiet

so you may listen to all around you

Yet it pauses often and sits with those

who dare or care sit with it

-

Take a moment and a breath

stay where you are

Listen and acknowledge

what it provides

Let the thoughts come then go

Focus on the present

What you need and What you know

Let the moment pass

and embrace the silence by you

-

It's there

not as an enemy but as a friend

See them for who and what they are

Once ready and calm

It smiles as you go on your way again

Hopeful of your time spent well

-

Yet, It frowns when you are sad,

hurt and alone

Silence cannot talk

Cannot comfort you

Yet it wishes to

It can do nothing but watch

Mute and powerless

All it can do then

Is Hope for you

-

Like the friend or family

who stands by you

not sure of how to help

or if they even can

So they stay yet they move

They are all around

Waiting for when you need

their silence again

Poem 3

Come lil one

I see you crying

Let me hold you

keep you safe and warm

Let the silence and your cries

surround and be all

Let them out

Let them fall

You are more over all

Shh, calm lil one

I've got you now

Let the sleep's shadow

take you to slumber now

I'll stay by you out here

Protect you til you wake.

Poem 4

It's hard

Irritating even

When you wish to speak

yet you cannot

To say your two cents

but they shut you down

Wanting to be in

yet they cast you out

What else can you do

But sit idly about?

-

Watch as they talk

Laugh and jeer

while you can only leer

Sometimes,

It's better

to just keep to yourself

-

Yet somehow,

there's always a way

to find a friend

that'll make yer day ~