My Poem Raising Mental Health Awareness

Mental Health Awareness

I want to dedicated this poem to those who are suffering from mental health issues. I am not good in poetry so please read with open heart. As this is to raise awareness about mental health. There are is so much societal and cultural sigma surrounding mental health, that it makes those suffer feel lonely and trapped. With this poem that I want to say to everyone who are suffering. You are not alone. Their is always help. Life may seem hard and out of control, but if we all work together there is nothing we can stop. Please don’t feel despair. The help is here, all you have to do is ask.

Moment of Despair

By Munziba Khan

I look at the twinkling stars with a sigh
With pain my heart, in bed I lie.
Once it was there and now it’s gone
What was so alive, now dead and gone.
Like a zombie I feel like a living dead.
With a heavy heart I feel so dread. 
I close my eyes, I see the fire.
Burning everything in sight, 
Leaving a view so dire. 
I try to breathe with a monster in my heart,
Which can’t be seen but is sour and tart.
In the world, there is so much violence and hate.
There is grief and anger trying to control our fate.
As experts in deception,
They fool themselves often
All the lies and deceptions,  make life dull and rotten.
I hate getting flashbacks
For things I don’t want to remember
The struggles I have, make my heart so tender.  
I drown my pain, in the deep ocean of despair.
My broken soul is screaming, fighting to grasp fresh air.
With eyelids closed, it comes back to me.
In sleep I fear, I will not be free.
The monster is inside, can’t be seen.
Making me feel lost, anxious, trapped and uncertain,
Pricking deep into my heart and into my skin.
The mask I wear is the one I want you to see.
The mask I wear is what you want me to be.
I refuse to be what you want me to be.
I may not be perfect but I am me.
But don't be in fear as there is hope
Light glows in each of us that helps us cope.
One thing I know, when things goes wrong
Life has a reason that makes us strong.
I stand with two paths in front of me. 
I took the path less travelled by,
And I know I will be free.

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