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Tuesday 3rd November 2015 3:55 pm
'Yes, I Will Wear One'
Yes I Will Wear One
(lines written in response the suggestion that
those who are mentally ill should wear
wristbands to identify their conditions)
Yes, I will wear one:
retiring, undefeated,
or at least not admitting it,
as I back away,
hot tears rolling from eyes
spiked with despair
down cheeks
hollowed by time,
I will wave
both my arms
in the air, cry:
It's not me...
Friday 10th July 2015 3:48 pm
art day
it's art day up on the ward
some are bored most are ignored
but look at the work of david lord
doesn't he capture it well
the way he tugs at emotion frayed
exposing the frailties of which we are made
of course it helps he trained at the slade
but doesn't he capture it well
never mind ahmed who drools in the paint
the pinhead so backward he thinks he's a saint
a jin to his family of w...
Friday 17th April 2015 1:43 am
I need a holiday.
I need a holiday of sorts,
See, recently I've been stuck in court,
Persecuted by my own thoughts,
Where I must justify my existence?
With evidence of my resistance?
You see I've been put on trial-
By demons so vile,
And I need a break... Just for a little while,
Listen I need a mental holiday,
A conversation to take me away,
A defence to keep the demons at bay,
But as the accused,
C...
Thursday 26th March 2015 2:17 pm
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