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Student @ Yaba College of Technology
A Poem on Mental Health
<p>Can I ask you a question? Grab a seat, please. Let's have a heart-to-heart conversation. Why do some people downplay some types of mental illnesses and stigmatise others? I understand your curiosity and wanting to know what's going on with me but why would you act like I'm a kind of freak when you hear depression?. Story for another day.</p><p><br/></p><p>Anyway, so, one day I was scrolling on Facebook, don't laugh, and I saw a post for a competition. A spoken word or poem recitation competition. I was intrigued.</p><p><br/></p><p>Even though I'd never tried spoken word artistry before, I was interested in it.</p><p><br/></p><p>Long story short, I didn't later sign up for the competition but I wrote a poem. Here it is.</p><p><br/></p><p>A POEM ON MENTAL HEALTH </p><p><br/></p><p>What mood should we choose today?</p><p><br/></p><p>Happiness?, sadness?, anger? Or come what may?</p><p><br/></p><p>I have no choice, much to my dismay.</p><p><br/></p><p>The silent crying, the racing thoughts,</p><p><br/></p><p>Have I not had enough?</p><p><br/></p><p>Crippling fear, repetitive worry, overwhelming sadness,</p><p><br/></p><p>Would this girl never rest?</p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p>We smile a lot to mask the sadness,</p><p><br/></p><p>Trying to be the happiest in the room regardless </p><p><br/></p><p>Constantly under stress</p><p><br/></p><p>Oh, what a mess!</p><p><br/></p><p>I hate to digress but in staying happy, I'm having not much success </p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p>It's a war in my mind I hate to say</p><p><br/></p><p>The voices in my head I can't delay</p><p><br/></p><p>Sometimes I say I have two brains</p><p><br/></p><p>Fitting in or standing out, is not really what I care about</p><p><br/></p><p>I just want to be normal, stand tall, smile and not be worn out</p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p>Happy now, sad 3 hours later,</p><p><br/></p><p>I don't want to be a fun killer but my mind's a hater,</p><p><br/></p><p>How I want to feel, doesn't really matter</p><p><br/></p><p>‘cause my mind has too much on her platter</p><p><br/></p><p>My mood could really get better</p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p>Let's not talk about the stigma </p><p><br/></p><p>That comes without asking what you require </p><p><br/></p><p>Overcoming negative emotions, the limitations and hallucinations is what I desire</p><p><br/></p><p>To be happy like the ones I really admire.</p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p>So, what do you think? I'd love to read your thoughts!. </p>
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