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