People who have mental illness have to fight an everyday battle with their own mind. It is not a matter of winning the battle but surviving and living life is the real victory. This is a poem dedicated to all those who have a mental illness, keep fighting the battle, my warriors.
These scars we wear
Are our battle scars
wounds that our from our past
that are still trying to heal in the present
The battles we have are
Like a video game on a continuous loop
We are the heroes and every boss battle
We win because we are still here
We are still living life
We are still fighting
the demons in our minds
We are survivors, fighters, and warriors'
The fight is never ending as
We fighting an internal battle every day
Some days, we just have to
Wear out fake smile
Wipe our tears from last night’s nightmares
And just putting our brave faces on
Living for every moment
Just happy we still have the strength
to come out from the darkness
and keep the demons away
Even if it is for a short while
We are living life the best of our abilities
It may not be the same as others
But it works for us
We are just like any other normal human being
Don't call us crazy
Don't define us as our mental illness
We are people too
We just think and do things differently
That doesn't mean we're insane
We all have something in us
That is different
No one's DNA is perfect
Those with mental illness
Just show it a bit more
You know how hard it is
To fight with your mind every day
Wanting you to be negative
When you want to be positive
It's hard and tiring
So all of you fighting
You are lions and lioness
Full or fierce and courage
We may have our struggles
But we have the passion to live
To find sunshine in the darkness
of our minds
Even if its small
We are still the same
despite our mental illness
We are fighting
Because we want to live
And we will always keep fighting
Like the warriors we are
