#MentalHealthAwareness
We are at war with our politicians
Who don’t prioritise our mental health
Who develop policies that make us unwell
Who let others pick up the pieces
Who only pretend to care
We are at war with our employers
Who treat our well-being as an afterthought
Who put profit before people
Who allow cultures of stress and blame
Who don’t do enough to care
We are at war with so many people
Who deny our illness is real
Who choose to look the other way
Who treat us with contempt
Who don’t even pretend to care
We are at war with our families
Who love but don’t understand
Who look at us through disappointed eyes
Who wish we weren’t as we are
Who are finding it hard to still care
We are at war with our friends
Who don’t see us as they once did
Who give much more than they get
Who put duty before desire
Who shouldn’t really have to care
We are at war with each other
Who leave us to fight on alone
Who make us see what we’ll become
Who add to our grief and despair
Who we know are unable to care
We are at war with ourselves
Who are we to be so weak
Who can no longer trust our own thoughts
Who feel shame for the way we feel
Who are losing the will to self care
All we want is peace
#MentalHealthAwareness
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This on-going war continues amongst all – in government or the people who are governed including with ourselves too. Thanks sharing beautiful lines.
Thanks
My pleasure. :))
The truth behind door…. we all pretend that all is well while we die in silence..Someone needs to stir us up.
Am thinking, Could this be a holy war? even If it is, we won’t stir ourselves up for the sake of our generation, but if we don’t, we die and leave in pain all our days
Wise words. We all must do a far better job at listening to each other with the intent to understand and assist versus just listening to reply (often with empty words and promises). Thanks for the beautifully written reality check!
Thanks
You should post this on LinkedIn! It’s a great and relevant poem. I’m sharing on Twitter for the Mental Health Awareness week.
Thanks – I will do.
Thank you for providing some insight into what’s behind the door of mental health. And kudos to you for writing it as many people will not touch the subject
Thanks a lot.
That is a beautiful poem and a wonderful way to put into words what is happening in our culture and in our own minds. Thank you for writing this!
Thanks a lot.
Amazing poem… so truthful
Great quotes! It really struck me because it is so true. Thank you!
I really appreciate your honesty. It’s hard to do what you just did, and I hope that it opens communication for you like it did for me last year when I did a similar thing with “Still Here”.
Thanks for your message. I really do appreciate it.