- Malini Pandya
Black Cloud- A Poem About Mental Health

She screamed
in her unnatural state
A danger to herself.
She bottled it up,
Didn't tell.
Just put it on a shelf.
People noticed
But didn’t care
“She’s just a little down”
They all ignored
The obvious flaw.
That was more than just a frown
One late night
She lay awake
Her thoughts pounding her skull
The bottles came crashing
A tsunami of waves
Her mind started to dull.
She was lost
In this web
Hanging on
to the last thread
She lost her grip
Cried out loud
She was swallowed
By the black cloud.