Poem Competition – Me for Myself

"Call for M4M Global Poem competition in the occasion of Youthday Campaign 2022"

M4M Campaign on the occasion of IYD 2022 with its’ partners: YPEER Asia Pacific Center -Ypeer AP Youthday.space, & Livenow calls for a Poem competition on sharing about positive mental health and well-being. September is the Suicide Prevention Awareness Month and the theme for 2022 is “Creating hope through action”. This competition is intended to collect positive thought, idea, and sharing of mental health and well-being through words (poem). Feeling about the mental health and writing it down in the form of poem brings awareness to self and others resulting in better well beings. Besides, Poem competition is one of the actions to create hope and be the light to the self and the people around the world who are dealing with their mental health.

M4M Global Poem Competition

Poem shared by Participants

Karma Wangmo

Small acts I pat them on the back, they gaze up, Eyes glimmering with tears that You, I, and everyone else shed. Like the paint peeling off walls of an old monastery, or a statue with cracks visible to all. A little in bits but still standing tall. Oh! How dispirited and emotionally fragmented we all are. Yet even in pain we find the love of hope. We connect our shoulders and stay still. Transmitting every ounce of joy that is there in us. In silence and in understanding we connect. For we both know how big these small acts really are.

Prabina Chaulagain

I See A Faded Dim Light A suffocation with the darkness everywhere Tightened chest and a heavy heart A life that I have been hating The overbearing darkness, stiffened emotions The haunting thoughts and taunting fears Exhausted eyes with rolling tears The every battle with inner self To live on or to let go Something unknown, something new May be a battle with myself that i have to fight Uncomfortable yet a sense of warmth A magic or a miracle, i now unbound the web of darkness As i see a faded dim light, that somehow fills my emptiness A faded dim light of hope, To change, To give and take love, And finally to live.

Tshering Yangki

Invisibly Visible The cage that I have built inside my own head Created an abusive relationship with no blood bled Nights get darker when I close my eyes I’m forced to face the vulnerable me till sunrise. I want to tell people who complain that I never talked Loud voices in my head have my voice box blocked The people who advise me to be productive Surviving my life has me burned out. There are he, she, they like me Smiling despite the battles we don’t see Stop being judgmental and be considerate so, we don’t mourn suicide and make the world different.

Susmita Bhandari

Life Like the firefly roaming in the night Suffer destruction to get surprise of new invention Touch the cold to move towards warmth Have cocktail to get taste of sweet and sour Serve the duties to get your rights Perceive the criticism to improve your work Bear humiliation to get cherished Go through hardships to get enlightened Yes, Life is attribute of pleasure and sorrow Resemblance of day and night Exam of your patience and resistance So, empower yourself to feel your life Allow your vision towards white dots in black background Scream it loud, forget the chaos choking your mind and heart Express your heartbreaks and feelings Surmount the pain and grief Accept the darkness in you Feel the emotion of satisfaction Leave your life to its own flow Its just a beginning Everything happens for a reason Keeping All is well in your mind Enjoy every steps towards your destination And witness the power of love within you.

Roshmee

Fallacy As I turn to the mirror and faze Peeking through fantasy of darkness Crumbling as I see those curves Just a glide over the rugged leeway Shadowed by disgrace and dread A Guilt of being myself Anxious little soul filled with trauma But this is not it Look at the gleam of hope Warmth that is confused with dread I am more than this in the midst of chaos Well the mirror never told me its an illusion A false reflection of covers and anomie Maybe you searched it wrong Glide in the eternity of bliss You are not the reflection Its absurd how we search for hope in wilderness Maybe just that glimpse of hope in darkness Perhaps there was no darkness Maybe its just the illusion To satiate the delusion maybe, Perhaps the vision of fool Well the mirror never told me And I'd never halt it. Maybe some day better Maybe its just a shield Perhaps its just isn’t a silver lining For what I know is eternal light Gleam of hope Won’t trade me with the dark Now the ears won’t listen to silence Jitter of hope that loud and clear Sometimes it is commuter As journey is all we have

Khushi Adhikari

Okay They asked me, "Are you okay?" Yes, I said in a happy way. I asked myself, "Am I okay?" And then I chose to escape away. My own mind deceives, Knowing it's wrong, I'm tempted to believe. Feels like being tied in a seat, And asked to be on feet. But deep inside the heart, I hear a voice very dim and soft. Saying everything will be fine one day, Everything will make sense one day. Even when times are rough, I believe I am enough. It's okay not to be okay, Just don't quit and find the way. Writing this note to remember, Each day to make myself feel better.

Rachana Tiwari

People say dream big, I say dream better, Actually dream the best, Cause your dream creates a world. A world filled with happiness, A world with no violence, A world with satisfaction, A world with humanity. I imagine a world with positivity, I dreamed of completely happy world, Where I am not judged for talking too much Where I am proud of my every small achievement. I created the world of my dream, A world built with love, Pure love and care, Cause I dreamed of creating a world ❣️

Mohammad Razid

Feel so high; get rid from life of sigh Rhythm your hormones in spikes of joy Invade your sadness in the past Still there is ticking clock to change your utmost Spoon your mind from prime to witness Outlook your struggles with catechize 'so what'? Battle your emotions with healthy thought Break your walls that depress your state There is another day to become this planet-mate! Lyrics your life in the stanzas of emotion Sing your soul in the mellow of devotion Stand for yourself under all weather Uncloak the feather, Flock the feather

Thembeka Chonekalanga

Mental harmony is much more Dependent on habits than on medicine, Create healthy habits not restrictions. Exercise should be regarded as a tribute to the mind It releases endorphins that makes one feel happy, A happy soul is a key to healthy body, He who has health has hope, He who has hope has everything. He who lives in harmony with himself Lives in harmony with the universe. Where there is harmony in the heart, There is a beauty in character, There is harmony in the home, There is order in the nation, There is peace in the world. With mental harmony, You never try to be someone, You are good at being yourself, You focus and improve yourself, You lend yourself to others, But give yourself to yourself.

Hina Naz

I remind myself It's okay to be not okay Allow yourself time Be kind to yourself Don't feel like You are a failure Everything need to Be looked after Even the strong strongest Building will start to crumble If not cared for properly It's only then they can be fixed And made stronger But it's not something That can be done alone There is no shame In asking someone to hold The ladder as you fix Them hard to reach places Take a deep breadth and remember It's okay to be not okay.

Laiba Khan

You left us late in the June It rained heavily that day Even nature grieved with us. I heard about it through a friend She was crying, I couldn't stop her She tried hugging me, I couldn't let her She was asking me something I remember, I couldn't hear her For all I could hear was your last goodbye When we promised to meet again the day before Under the tree where we always met I find myself there often, I ask you many questions hoping for a response from the heavy air, Why didn't you believe in me? Why didn't you call me? Why didn't you think about me? Silence settles in piercing my body For I am still concerned about me I couldn't see you that day, I kept standing outside your door I heard you were ruthless, To yourself, To myself To the memories we made To the bond we had I blame myself I can't help it Where was I? I could've saved you But I never blame you I think I miss you But then I remember You are not gone Cause I carry you in my soul.

Aaron Joaquin Lazala

Endlessly finding for greener pastures, I messed with insensitive society. Have no strength to convey emotions, Because I would be judged as irrelevant. With people who don't understand, The thoughts of sick man, Humans say it's unrealistic and foolish, As it's labelled by public as child's play. My mind shouts so loud, Yet the surrounding is so still. Too many thoughts in my head, Maybe I'll try to step out? Alas, tried to break the chains that binds me, I succeeded and grasped for air. For as to where I headed next? Still to the greener pasture.