Speak Up to get Help

Many people struggle with mental health and mental health has evolved over the years, but there is still skepticism about talking or getting help for you mental health. Talking is better than silence

I'm drowning on land. 

I’m free falling, 

I’m a failure to many but a few.

I’m a fighter at heart,

But a failure in my mind. 

 

Unappreciated by many. 

A few see greatness, 

All except ME. 

All I see are judgmental, wandering eyes 

I’m doing nothing right, right? 

 

I live in a world by heartache, 

I give a smile and act fine. 

On the inside I’m crying 

Suffocating from the inside-out. 

 

Wishing someone understood how I felt. 

But no one understands the words that leave my mouth. 

I try to vocalize my feelings, but end up sounding unheard. 

Close my mouth, no words will come out. 

No Sound, out of sight. 

It’s okay, I’m fine with my emotions inside. 

The mind is in a box hidden on the top shelf. 

Forgotten and untold. 

Words are nothing but important to many. 

Fake it and you will thrive day-by-day. 

Close your mouth and put a confident face on. 

People will never notice, unless you tell them. 

 Words are a powerful tool,  

Actions too. 

Speak up and Speak loud!

Reviews

[Carlos Lorenzo Estrada]

I agree totally with your message within this poem. We live in a time of intense crisis as a society. Where our failures in civility are caving in around us and seeping into the fabrics of our unity. Such discourse infects the mind slowly and perniciously. Where our own concerns and fears become amplified within us. And where our own mental health erodes. We can't remain silent anymore because to do so is to concede and give into the madness. If we continue to stay quiet then we are as culpable as those initiating this insanity. Never be afraid to speak your mind and literate your thoughts. You may find that not only are you not alone but that you may have changed a life in doing so.