Based in Northern vignia, embwrites is a blog by poet Em. Her works explore themes surrounding self exploration and emotional expression.  

"Mental Health and Wellness"

Gather round!  
Come poke the students
behind the glass –
the ones with
their brains broken
in all the pathetic places –

Give them a
condescending smile,
and tell them  
you are On Their Side!!!
(then turn around
and go home,
singing praises
that you are not
one of the tainted.)

This campus is a
festering circle-jerk
of normies
pretending to give
two shits
that there are people
incapable of getting
out of bed,
others that can’t
eat without
sobbing,
and still others
penning suicide notes
as we speak.

But let’s all pretend
to be Mental Health
Cham-pee-ons!
Ra! Ra! Ra!

(But you secretly
think - no - know all
depressed people
are lazy, all people
with anxiety weak,
and everyone with
bipolar just plain
crazy).

Let’s advocate and let
OUR voices be heard!
We can speak FOR
you poor little invalids
with no backbones
of your own –

Don’t worry, we are
Listening To You TM
and promise we
won’t forget about
your needs!

 Now will you please
vote for me?

 

Total Destruction

Azaleas in Spring