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Mental Health
Mental health today is a complex matter.
Where stigma judges all to be mad as a hatter.
But there's no shame. There's no disgrace.
It's something of which we'll have to face.
So don't be afraid and feel no guilt.
And with help our lives can be rebuilt.
So of mental health we must now speak.
It doesn't mean we're strange or weak.
So do not run or try to hide,
But find someone in which ...
Thursday 27th March 2025 7:27 pm
MIRED IN
A bony child, a sick child
Wades through muddy water, stumbles over battered roads
A quiet child, a trodden child
Eats with hunger, with greediness
A shy child, a violent child
Runs after street vendors and dogs, cons the benevolent
A street, a war, a game to play.
A bony child, a sick child is her-
Me.
A traumatized child, a ragged child
Stomping around hospi...
Thursday 9th January 2025 3:54 pm
Lepers on the hill
Across a road, a tranquil sight
Where animals graze to a shepherds delight
In the warm glow of a spring's dawn
A summer's heat is soon to be born
But across this tranquil hill
Is where the "looney's" roam and madness spills
Torn from family's and lost to war
Their minds scream through a padded door
Nurses rush to aid the wounded
Thrashing and yelling - who woul...
Thursday 2nd January 2025 9:31 am
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