MHI: CONTAINED by Teel James Glenn

Trigger Warning: This piece addresses mental health

The HWA is pleased to launch its Mental Health Initiative, a coordinated roll-out of events, resources, and activities intended to promote positive mental health, foster the concept of hope, and challenge the stigma of mental illness in the horror genre. The initiative, run by the organization’s Wellness Committee, launches in June, and includes the following blog posts from Of Horror and Hope, a downloadable anthology of poems, flash fiction, and personal reflections on mental health by HWA members.

CONTAINED
Teel James Glenn

Slitted eyes
And gritted teeth
Anger held just
Beneath
An angled life
Obtuse to truth
Just once I’d like to shout
And scream
Just once to vent
My poisoned spleen
Yet here I sit
Up straight
And quiet
Crow, it seems
Is my steady diet!