Writing As A Form Of Therapy

[Silenus]

Mi casa su casa @eth - I would be honoured if you posted your writing in this thread. Writing is for everyone. All are welcome to write here with equal voice... 🙂

[eth]

Thanks @Silenus.  Here goes ..........

IN TO ME SEE

My lovers are my books.

I sleep with them you know.

They never give me dirty looks

or interrupt my flow.

They really truly ruly are

the best of company

and they help me love me.

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And another ..............

I'm tired

tired of fearing my feelings

tired of having to care

tired of not feeling trust anywhere

tired of feeling abandoned

tired of self-sabotage

tired of panic at random

tired of only just managing to manage

how long does it take to be happy?

how long is a piece of string?

tired of life being crappy

recovery a timeless thing

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[Silenus]

Great poems @eth - I love the concept of a book as a lover (to tumble with under the covers... hahaha).

I really feel the I'm Tired poem. Beautiful last line...

[eth]

Thanks @Silenus   have spent a couple of hours looking at my writing and am feeling soooo stirred up.  Most of it isn't really relevant to this MI forum, but about social justice, communication issues, and a lot of my personal history.  And I was obviously in a really chaotic manic state when I did a lot of it.  Need to take a break from it now but will look some more over coming days for appropriate pieces.  I'm kind of hoping that doing this will get me to take up the pen again.  Thanks for the inspiration.

[Silenus]

My pleasure @eth

Yeah, I've got lots of "ranty" poems about social (in)justice. I'm holding those back from here, as they aren't really appropriate or relevant. They help me to vent my anger, my impotent rage at all the dumb bad things humans do to each other, but otherwise those poems don't really solve anything...

I used to get so angry at the world of humans. It was one of my biggest triggers. I've divested myself emotionally from it all now, though. All that blood boiling was getting me nowhere fast... 🙂

[eth]

"Ranty" - great word.  That's exactly how a lot of what I read by me today seemed.  I used to be a dedicated activist in green and land-rights areas mostly but anything could get me fired up when it came to social (in)justice as you call it.  These days my kid calls me a 'lounge room activist' as I do it mostly on-line.  I'm nowhere near as angry but also I was beaten up really badly for some of my actions in a particular area and I'm just not prepared to be on the front line any more.  A lot of my writing was also done when I had extreme complex PTSD as well as undiagnosed bipolar.  The PTSD isn't triggered as often any more.  Thanks for helping me see today that this is also partly why I've written less.  I just need to find new inspiration and a gentler way of writing.

SOAR IN PEACE

Laugh and cry

Live to fly

But keep earthed

Don't get too high

[Silenus]

A "gentler way of writing". Amen to that... 🙂

You and I seem to have a lot of common themes that we grapple with in our bipolar poems... I love Soar In Peace. Says it all, really...

[Silenus]

This poem is all about those masks we wear, and about bipolar opposites...

Facing Off

Two masks facing off against each other,
Trying to work out why there’s so much bother;
One mask smiles, the other one cries,
Both masks look for the truth behind the lies.
 
The faceless faces, hidden by anonymity,
Discarded in lost and found, captured but free;
Where oh where do we take it from here?
Somewhere midway between bravery and fear.

[eth]

I really like and resemble that last one @Silenus

[BlueBay]

Thanks for the hugs @Silenus and @eth

I could really do with some more hugs tonight.