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Tag: Poems About Anxiety

  • Living With Fear – A Poem About Anxiety Disorder and Mental Illness

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    Justin Farley

    Living With Fear – A Poem About Anxiety and Mental Illness Close your eyes.Keep yourself blindTo the hideous beastThat hides beneath this veil of security. Pretend you can’t see meFor who I am –A scared, frightened, shell of a manRaging in the solitude of fear’s prison. I can’t even stand the visionThat stares back at…

  • Illusions – A Poem

    Illusions – A Poem

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    Justin Farley

    Illusions – A Poem The demon water you drinkIs devouring your soul.Don’t you know this road has no happy endingAnd your heart will turn cold? Repeating lies does not change reality.Sooner or later you’ll have to face life’s inevitable truth.Don’t set yourself on foolish paths, don’t chase foolish pursuits,And hang your happiness up by your…

  • Woman – A Love Poem For Her

    Woman – A Love Poem For Her

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    Justin Farley

    Woman – A Love Poem For Her You are like the waves lapping against the shore –Repetitive, seductive, intoxicating, cleansingLike holy water that wrings out the darkness. I sit unceasingly upon the sands of timeWaiting for the rise of your tide,To feel your waters once more by my side.Staring off into the drab, gray horizon,I…

  • Poem about the Writing Process – “Inkblood”

    Poem about the Writing Process – “Inkblood”

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    Justin Farley

    Inkblood – A Poem about the Writing Process Beneath a pale, July moonAn ancient manuscript sitsIlluminated by candlelight,Its pages gently rustling in the breezeBlowing behind the curtains of the nearby window. The ink is faded beneathLayers of time and age,But the wisdom remainsScribbled in rhymes,Written eons ago by some old sage. But tonight it’s voice…

  • Poem About Feeling Alone and Misunderstood

    Poem About Feeling Alone and Misunderstood

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    Justin Farley

    Alien –  A Poem Feelings run too deeplike the full summer moon,sinking in the sky’s dark sea of black.Reminiscing, pondering over burnt out stars,wishing their beautiful light could somehow be brought back. But the ancient dust has crumbled,scattered like ashes in the brisk solar wind.But memories stand transfixed,unaltered by time, suspendedin infinity’s domain without an…

  • Today – A Inspiration Poem

    Today – A Inspiration Poem

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    Justin Farley

    Today – A Inspiration Poem The sun is rising.Open your eyes to the possibility of a new lifeThat waits for you upon the horizon.Let the aroma of fresh brewed coffee stir you in bedAnd lead you from where dreams remain fixed in your headTo where they are transfigured in motion through action. Today we set…

  • The Black Veil – A Poem

    The Black Veil – A Poem

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    Justin Farley

    The Black Veil – A Poem I wear this black veil of despair Like the wrappings of a mummy, Covering my self-inflicted wounds. My face frozen in cold, blank stare Trapped within my tomb, Alone in my room. Why do you continue to test me? Why do you hold out savory meat Only to snatch…

  • The Woman in the Mirror

    The Woman in the Mirror

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    Justin Farley

    The Woman in the Mirror You are a seductive temptressthat tempts with the ticks of time.In control of the clocks hands,only needing to rewind to the moments we left behind. You still lurk in the shadows –a creature stalking in the dead of night.But potential follows wherever your heart goes,needing only to let go of…

  • Raven

    Raven

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    Justin Farley

    Raven Jet black feathers fall from your head And brush the beauty of your cheek. Dark as night like strands of onyx Woven with omens and tales of mystery. The spell you caw claws at my heart and captivates me. Emerald eyes like a pair of dazzling jewels, Sparkling and rousing lust like a treasure…

  • The Mirror of Truth – A Poem

    The Mirror of Truth – A Poem

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    Justin Farley

    The Mirror of Truth – A Poem Into the mirror I gaze and am wrapped within the frame of a smoky haze of secrets swirling within glass. I can’t deny the face, can’t pretend I don’t know, have no trace of realization that the figure before my eyes is me. It’s unsettling to see the…

  • Build Within Me A Foundation of Thanksgiving – A Poem of Praise to God

    Build Within Me A Foundation of Thanksgiving – A Poem of Praise to God

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    Justin Farley

    Build Within Me A Foundation of Thanksgiving – A Poem of Praise to God May your rays of righteousness pierce through the clouds and shadows of my heart. May my mind give way to your fruit – take up your shears and prune these vines that ensnare me. Give thanks, give praise to the tree…

  • Like the Summer Wind – A Poem

    Like the Summer Wind – A Poem

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    Justin Farley

    Like the Summer Wind – A Poem I yearn for you like the summer wind – vast, cool, refreshing upon my cheek; a shelter to soothe beneath the furnace of life’s heat. Your character radiates and pierces through the layers of lust surrounding my heart, pushing foolish desires aside; shredding selfishness apart. Your faith is…

  • Looking For Eternal Love Poem – “The Wings of A Fighter”

    Looking For Eternal Love Poem – “The Wings of A Fighter”

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    Justin Farley

    A poem about looking for love and finding a partner who is dedicated and sticks by your side through life’s struggles.

  • The Sailor – A Poem

    The Sailor – A Poem

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    Justin Farley

    The Sailor – A Poem You’ve sent me off as an aimless navigator Traveling upon treacherous and torrential seas. Once was a proud and confident sailor, But now find there’s no compass I can read. Needles spin with the wind and poles have no meaning When they are altered by my heart’s magnetic field. And…

  • The Clouds of Mourning – A Poem About Depression and Pain

    The Clouds of Mourning – A Poem About Depression and Pain

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    Justin Farley

    As we go through life, there are inevitable seasons where it seems the skies are always cloudy, always raining, and the forecast will never change. Anyone that has ever dealt with depression (or any mental illness for that matter) knows that it is like a ghost that haunts you no matter where you go or…

  • A Poem About Alcoholism and Addiction – “One More Taste”

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    Justin Farley

    “One More Taste” – Poem About Alcoholism and Addiction   Like an empty bottle of whiskey, I’ve drank you down to the last drop. The alcoholic in me is still thirsty, But my rationale tells me to stop. A madman feening, I sit alone with my demons, Pacing, wrestling with racing thoughts. Counting the minutes waiting…

  • Growing Pains – A Poem

    Growing Pains – A Poem

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    Justin Farley

    Growing Pains – A Poem Why are these dreams that stretch out across my heart’s field of desire, That glisten Like droplets of drew sparkling on the morning grass, So hard to obtain, so hard to take to take hold of, And so hard to lasso and pull close to reality? The burden is bearing…

  • Eclipse – A Poem

    Eclipse – A Poem

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    Justin Farley

    Eclipse – A Poem Two sides of a conflicting coin Flip like faces in a dramatic act. Two intricate and separate forces entangle In a bitter struggle, leaving Earth cloaked in black. How can such a powerful light Be smothered by such a small, sinister hand? A visceral visual of what evil can accomplish When given…


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the book cover of Nature's Bounty by Justin Farley— a poetry collection about the beauty of nature with subjects on birds, plants, trees, animals, the forest, and God.
A deep poetry book about the beauty of nature and the natural world by poet Justin Farley.
the book cover of Frozen Rivers by Justin Farley— a poetry collection about depression and the hardships of mental illness, balanced with nature poems on the season of winter.
Deep poems about depression and the hardships of mental illness, balanced with nature poems on the winter season by poet Justin Farley. Book 1 of the Seasons series.
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Inspirational poems about mental health, healing, and spring by poet Justin Farley. Book 2 of the Seasons series.
the book cover of Summer Days Sunburnt Nights by Justin Farley— a mental health poetry book about bipolar disorder and nature poems on the season of spring
Deep poems about bipolar disorder and being neurodivergent, balanced with nature poems on summer by poet Justin Farley. Book 3 of the Seasons series.
the book cover of A Voice in the Wilderness—A Chapbook of Poems About God by Justin Farley. It is a deep Christian poetry collection about contemplation, the spiritual journey, and finding grace through Jesus.
A contemplative, prayerful Christian poetry book about the spiritual journey and discovering God’s grace, mercy, and love.
the book cover of Thorns of Love by Justin Farley. It is a deep love poetry collection about sadness of breakups, divorce, and heartbreak.
A deep love poetry book about the pain of break ups and the heartbreak felt when relationships end by poet Justin Farley.