*I have replaced patients' names to respect their privacy
My head pulses
With a familiar ache.
Patty
(Although everyone calls her
"Psycho Bitch")
Scream-cries in the room
Next to mine
The walls are thin.
Too thin.
Forest never stops moving.
Wells picks at her cuts
Until they bleed.
Ollie sleeps- or tries to-
All day.
He's fed up with everyone's bullshit.
And his own, I bet.
(Which is understandable.)
Caliber and his high IQ
Keep to himself.
Gabby hasn't learned
How to keep other people from
Breaking her heart.
Tyrone is pretty chill.
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My Voice Through Poetry
PoetryDepressed + gay = poetry 🤯 ⚠️ TRIGGER WARNING: including (but not limited to) self-harm, abuse, mental hospitals, eating disorders, and suicide.
