When The Sky Feels Heavy - Summer Reilly - Wattpad

Story cover for When The Sky Feels Heavy by slreilly2003

When The Sky Feels Heavy

Reads 66
Votes 13
Parts 19
Time 11m

Reads 66
Votes 13
Parts 19
Time 11m

Mature

grief lonelines mentalhealth poetry trauma

When the Sky Feels Heavy is a poetic survival story. It captures the invisible weight of mental illness and the subtle beauty of choosing to stay. It doesn't offer easy answers or polished resolutions-but it holds space for pain, honors complexity, and gently reminds readers that even in the darkest moments, flickers of light remain 



CAUTION; triggers include; depression, self-harm, suicide, feeling alone, grief, and emotional abuse.


If you or anybody else get triggered by reading these topics, please protect your mental health and don't read this poetry book. If anybody is struggling, please reach out for help. There's always hope.  You can always call 988All Rights Reserved

grief lonelines mentalhealth poetry trauma

Table of contents

19 parts

Sign up to add When The Sky Feels Heavy to your library and receive updates

or

Content Guidelines

You may also like

The Weight of Blue Skies by dearadulting

Mae has spent years holding herself together, until she can't anymore. A gifted illustrator, she's always found solace in her art, but burnout, anxiety, and the ghosts of childhood trauma leave her untethered. Quitting her job and retreating into isolation, Mae convinces herself that silence is safer. That disappearing is easier. But when the weight becomes unbearable, she takes a shaky first step into therapy, opening a door she's long kept shut. What follows is raw, messy, and achingly real. Through painful conversations, unspoken memories, and fragile moments of courage, Mae begins to unravel the truths she's buried about her past, her family, and the harsh voice inside her head. Along the way, she rediscovers the quiet power of old friendships, unexpected connection, and the art that once felt lost to her. Slowly, her story shifts, not toward perfection, but toward presence. Toward staying. Told with tenderness and poetic insight, The Weight of Blue Skies is a portrait of falling apart and finding the strength to rise, piece by piece, into a life that finally feels like home. It is not about being fixed, it is about being real. About surviving. About choosing to stay.

Waiting On You by KyndraPerez

"Waiting On You" is a poetry book that reflects on love, trauma, grief, life cycles and patterns. Follow along for a visceral journey through each poem's wave of emotion, each one strung together to tell a story that is intended to be revisited. This is just as much about endings as it is about beginnings, the adventure lies outside of a box.

Fragments Of A Shattered Dawn by 1d_football5

A collection of raw, unfiltered poems that bleed with honesty. Inside these pages live the ghosts of depression, self-harm, suicidal thoughts, heartbreak, abuse, and grief. These words do not shy away from darkness-they sit with it, speak its language, and unravel the silence it leaves behind. But this is also a book about survival. About longing and love, even when unreturned. About desire that aches and healing that comes in imperfect forms. About the messy, jagged ways we try to piece ourselves back together. For anyone who has felt too much, or nothing at all. For anyone searching for fragments of themselves in the ruins. This is not a guide to healing. This is proof you are not alone in the storm. Trigger Warnings: Depression Self-harm Suicidal ideation Grief and loss Emotional and psychological trauma Abuse (emotional, physical, and implied sexual) Dissociation Heartbreak and unrequited love Loneliness and isolation Sexual themes and longing Descriptions of pain and intrusive thoughts

Mourn the Lost Souls by Eiryvael

"The red lines, on paper, was no longer cutting it. So the red lines on my arms, and on my thighs replaced them." "Her addictions took her in the end, but they had already stolen so much before that." "When had my heart grown heavy, burdened by the things I never expected to carry?" "But love, when it is bound by obligation, can feel like a cage instead of an embrace." Warning contains: SU!C!DE, BL00D, MVRD3R, ALC0H0L, DRVGS, and SH Enjoy!🖤

𝐓𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐤𝐲: 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 by eryn-yeager

A book of various tale-like long poems which are based upon my feelings, thoughts, imagination and life events. "Towards the Sky", as its name suggests, is a poem book which aims to reach the Sky with it's growing feelings and emotions which everyone can see and feel. As a poet, with all the support by my readers, i will be on my journey towards the sky to convey my feelings. A sky where there's eternal peace, a silence which you can hear like a thunder and the love within your hearts which may awaken in this book full of emotions. Some of my poems are written for my school crush and Alisha5821. Wish you would care to see them someday, do you even know what you left me with? But, never know anything nor tell me anything.. It's ok? Published Since: 25th January, 2021 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Using the book as a personal Dream Journal after the first 25 parts of this book. Where I'll publish some of my dreams I've seen. Those parts contain a lot of insights about my dreams and love life ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Top ranks: #poetry : 8th #deeppoetry : 1st #lifeevents : 1st #hearttouching : 38th #storytelling : 41st #deepthinking : 29th #thoughtsandfeelings : 21st #poemcollection : 52nd #tales : 47th #poembook : 2nd #darkpoetry : 4th

Trapped in my own head by WildImaginations16

She is an outcast. She finds it easier to express what she feels in the form of writing. Whether it is poems, letters or long texts. These are poems that she writes trying to describe how it feels to live with certain mental health issues, in a world that disregards outcasts. So, these are on the darker side of the spectrum. Some poems might be distressing for some readers. I personally enjoy consuming dark content, it's kinda like a coping mechanism. I really hope none of you relate with any of these :) I'll be posting only poems here, I'll try to be as active as I can. The poems are not in any order. They are just the thoughts that pop up any time of the day. (8.11.2023) PS: Please check out 'safe space'. I need your help to make it a real safe space, readers! Ranking: #1 shortpoem #1 distressing #1 poetry (17.1.2024) #1 poem (24.1.2024)

The Weight We Carry by hagilyforever

Every heart holds a story, and every story leaves a weight behind. This poetry collection captures the quiet heaviness of life-the ache of memory, the sharp edges of loss, the tender moments of healing, and the small sparks of hope that keep us moving forward. In these verses, you will find echoes of your own experiences, a reminder that we all carry our own weight. Through raw and intimate verses, The Weight We Carry takes readers on an emotional journey, exploring what it means to break, to endure, and to rise again. These poems are for anyone who has ever felt the weight of the world pressing down, yet still found the strength to keep breathing, keep reaching, keep going.

--Bridges-- by infinitely_isomeric

One of the favourite lessons reading books has taught me is that you're never alone, not alteast in thoughts and words. There are others who think like you, feel like you and react like you. It's like that sometimes, our unspoken thoughts are the bridges that connect us, even though we might be miles apart. And so, I've written them down in the hope that there are many out there in this world who would be willing to walk these bridges leading to me-the real, raw and unhidden self I am- my heart and mind and soul. And I really want to walk over to your side and feel what you are like. You are the one to decide whether you want to build 'em or not... ----------------- Cover by me! None of the media used in this book belongs to me.

Waving Through A Window by C4t1l1n4

**While these poems reference suicide and self harm, they are in no way meant to promote it!! Read at your risk** When I look outside my window I don't get no peace of mind... Sequel: "Fading From Your Mind"

3:00 AM Thoughts [ Complete ] by sleepyheadedreamer

Thoughts at midnight. Love. Heartbreak. Loneliness. Encouragement.

You may also like

Slide 1 of 10

The Weight of Blue Skies cover

Waiting On You cover

Fragments Of A Shattered Dawn cover

Mourn the Lost Souls cover

𝐓𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐤𝐲: 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 cover

Trapped in my own head cover

The Weight We Carry cover

--Bridges-- cover

Waving Through A Window cover

3:00 AM Thoughts [ Complete ] cover

The Weight of Blue Skies

Mae has spent years holding herself together, until she can't anymore. A gifted illustrator, she's always found solace in her art, but burnout, anxiety, and the ghosts of childhood trauma leave her untethered. Quitting her job and retreating into isolation, Mae convinces herself that silence is safer. That disappearing is easier. But when the weight becomes unbearable, she takes a shaky first step into therapy, opening a door she's long kept shut. What follows is raw, messy, and achingly real. Through painful conversations, unspoken memories, and fragile moments of courage, Mae begins to unravel the truths she's buried about her past, her family, and the harsh voice inside her head. Along the way, she rediscovers the quiet power of old friendships, unexpected connection, and the art that once felt lost to her. Slowly, her story shifts, not toward perfection, but toward presence. Toward staying. Told with tenderness and poetic insight, The Weight of Blue Skies is a portrait of falling apart and finding the strength to rise, piece by piece, into a life that finally feels like home. It is not about being fixed, it is about being real. About surviving. About choosing to stay.