Issue 08: Creative Corner

My Mental Health 

by Amanda C

Amanda is a poet and writer from Hong Kong. She loves writing poetry and songs in her free time. She grew up in India and often plays her green ukulele and writes in her spare time. For more of Amanda’s writing, check out

@skinandthoughts

I am a well
deep and full of
water that never
runs dry
every night
I can still cry
as if my body
connects to
an ocean
I can still lie
about how I
am doing
as if I could
beat the toughest detector I can still
try to roll
out of bed
in the morning
as if I know what
I am doing
my mental health
is not fine but

it takes time
to learn how to live a wonderful life