YOU ARE NOT ALONE - A companion online community discussion board for The Mental Illness Happy Hour podcast with Paul Gilmartin

A poem I wrote a few years ago to get some of the emotion out somehow...you don't have to like it, it's just one that still resonates with me

The Devil Lies With Me

The devil lies with me,
Within my thoughts, within my mind.
I see him,
The veil over my eyes
Blinding me with shadows,
Living in horrid darkness.
He haunts my every thought.

Do not come near
For I will surely ruin you
Like he has defiled me.
I've been spoiled,
Ravaged by his grave temptations,
Reduced to nothing more than the foulest of things.

Forever he will haunt my mind.
This I deserve
For the depraved acts I've done.

The devil lies with me.
This I have done.
Do not let him infect your heart
I plead you hear my warning.
Once he grabs hold,
You are his.

I like it. Shame is a devil.

I liked reading your poem. I wanted to ask you if you would be interested in submitting your piece on a social media platform on mental health. Let me know if you’re interested. Thanks