Life With Mental Illness

I feel down
In the dumps
Severe mental illness
It isn’t for chumps

I am utterly fatigued
With no energy
I lie in bed like a beached whale
I wish I were fancy free

I lack motivation
To do anything
I hope for peace
That only Christ can bring

I take many medications
To treat my broken mind
I pray for healing
The demons I bind

I have anxiety
It vexes me so much
My mental illness
Christ can crush

I experience
Many a hallucination
Often, they disturb me
Were they due to predestination

I also have
Delusions
They are unwelcome
Intrusions

Someday I will have
A new mind
Until then, it’s peace
I want to find

by Zachary Uram
(C) 2025