The Mental Health Series
An article about my first poetry series I wrote
As a poet, I’ve published a total of ten poetry collections now, all short chapbooks that touch on a certain premise. In this article, I would like to speak on a series I wrote, known as “The Mental Health” series. This series of poetry holds three books so far, with the first being called PTSD, the second one being called Anxiety, and the third one is known as Schizophrenic. Each of these books is standalone, tackling a different effect that love can have on a person mentally.
The first book in the series, PTSD, deals with depression. With poems like Some Day Maybe, being a poem about a protagonist who is searching for a love that he knows is out of his reach. A girl that can not have. A girl that he used to know…but no longer knows her whereabouts. This poem shows the desperation that has taken over the protagonist, as he showcases how bad he wants to find her.
“No direction.
Someday maybe
I’ll buy a GPS
Someday maybe
You’ll give me an address”
My second collection, Anxiety, speaks on a more anxious side of relationships. It is less about depression, less about desperation, and more about lust. More about persuasion in order for a person to obtain the fruits of temptation. Poems like, “Why You Should Stay,” speaks on a lustful man who has cheated on his girlfriend. Fed up, his girlfriend is trying to leave, but he won’t let her. Trying to convince her in every way possible, he quickly thinks of things to tell her as he tries to show her that he MIGHT see the error of his ways. Or at least…he wants her to believe that.
“You should stay because there’s nothing else out there for you
Everything you need and want is here with me
Full filled promises
I guarantee
You should stay because I’ve learned my lesson
That every girl besides you
Is no longer a blessing”
My third and final collection, is called Schizephreinic. Schiziphrenic takes on different roles, due to the fact of having schiziphrania means to have different voices in your head, all of which don’t say the same thing, schiziphric has no TRUE defining touch. It is a mess of poetry, giving you poems of depression, lust, love, heartbreak, and hopefully theme, that there is some sort of happiness at the end of a this poetic tunnel of misery. One poem that stands out to me by the end of this series, comes from this collection. It is a two part poem known as, “Nighttime In Hawaii.” It is a poem that speaks on a person reaching what feels like the peak of their life, with happiness in sight as they actually enjoy the scenery Hawaii has to offer them. The problem is, the person that the protagonist wishes aided them, is not there to celebreate with them. Showing that happiness can be so close, and still out of sight.
“I’m grateful for these waves
The view takes me away
For days
But I wish you would have stayed
To see this”
These three collections of poetry standalone, though the coexist in one series, known as the “Mental Health” series.
Want to enjoy any of these fantastic chapbooks, get the first two for free in the link down below. Both books will lead you to the third book. I’m open to feedback, comments, and whatever else someone wants to leave.