The Weight of Silence: Poems About Grief, Mental Struggle, and the Peace We Never Find

Have you ever grieved something no one could see?
A loved one you’ll never hold again.
A friendship that slowly disappeared.
A version of someone, or yourself, is never coming back.

The Weight of Silence is a chapter born from that kind of grief, the kind that comes when someone leaves this world… or just your world. It’s about death, yes. But also distance. And disconnection. It’s about the quiet unraveling that happens in the spaces no one else notices.

Because grief isn’t always a headline.
Sometimes it’s a silence. A heaviness. A secret ache behind “I’m okay.”

I wrote this chapter as a way to breathe through that silence. To give words to the weight we carry, even when we smile, show up, and keep going.

Whether you’ve lost someone to time, death, or choice, this is for you.

Peace of Mind: A Poem for the Grieving Mind

Some questions don’t need long answers; they need space to echo.
This poem began with a simple, offhand question. But it shook something loose in me.
Grief has a way of hiding under the surface until someone unknowingly taps it.

“What is peace of mind?” she said…

Peace of Mind

She asked me once, with laughter in her eyes,
"What is peace of mind?" she said,
And I stood in silence, caught by surprise,
For me, it was a word never fed.

I went home, let the question weigh,
Sat with my thoughts, in quiet dread,
Realizing peace had never stayed,
In the chambers of my restless head.

I've never slept like a newborn babe,
Free from the chaos in my brain,
Each night, a stream of thoughts parades,
Unrelenting in their cruel refrain.

I stand before the mirror, weeping,
Telling myself, "Stay strong, survive."
Yet every tear feels like a secret,
In my pillow, I hide.

For shame, for fear, that others may hear,
The trembling whispers of my cries,
So, I bury the pain where no one comes near,
And in silence, I wear my disguise.

Grief doesn’t always follow a funeral. Sometimes it slips into the everyday, disguising itself as strength.
This poem was one of the first times I allowed myself to feel the silence and write from it.

Writing Through the Quiet: What This Chapter Reveals About Grief

Grief doesn’t always arrive loudly.
Sometimes it shows up as silence, the kind that settles in your body, in your habits, in the things you no longer say out loud.

The Weight of Silence was written during a time when I didn’t have the words yet, just the heaviness.
Each poem in this chapter is a fragment of what I couldn’t explain to anyone else — the way loss lingers in the everyday, how even small moments can collapse under the memory of someone who’s no longer here.

Peace of Mind was one of the first pieces I wrote not from clarity, but confusion. I didn’t know what healing looked like; I only knew what I was carrying.

This chapter isn’t about grief in its dramatic forms. It’s about the kind that lives quietly in us, long after the world expects us to move on.

If You’re Carrying Something Heavy, You Don’t Have to Do It Alone

Grief is complicated.
Sometimes it’s losing someone you love.
Sometimes it’s losing a version of yourself, a dream, a relationship, a life you thought you'd have.

Whatever shape your grief takes, I want you to know: it’s real. And you're not weak for feeling it.

Writing these poems helped me make sense of pain I couldn’t explain to anyone, but they’re not a substitute for healing. If you’re carrying something heavy, please don’t keep it buried. Talk to someone. A friend. A therapist. A stranger on a hotline. Anyone who can remind you that your story deserves space.

You’re not a burden for hurting.
You’re human.

And if this chapter speaks to something in you, even the part you haven’t named yet, know that it was written with love, from my silence to yours.

There’s More Where This Came From

The Weight of Silence is just one chapter, but it holds some of the most vulnerable pieces of me.
If this poem or this story resonated with you, I hope you’ll explore the full collection. The book was never meant to be just read; it was meant to be felt.

You can find it here: Feelings Unbound

And if you’re going through something right now, grief, anxiety, loss of any kind, here are a few gentle places to turn:

🌍 Mental Health Resources – Global Support

• 🌐 International Helpline Directory – https://findahelpline.com
  A global database where people can search by country and issue (free, anonymous support).
  
  

• 🧠 Befrienders Worldwide – https://www.befrienders.org
  Emotional support centers in 30+ countries, including hotlines and email support.
  
  
  

You don’t have to navigate the silence alone.

Thank you for reading and for feeling this with me.❤️