Inside
there's a place where people can go
there's a place where they hide away
there's a place most everyone knows
there's a place where some people stay
a place where we all can hide and moan
that place where we're in ourselves alone
dark and quiet, where we're easily misled
that place where we're inside of our head
an unobserved place where attendants and nurses
attend to minds far distant or subversive
while down on their haunches - quietly rocking
dreaming dreams, either reassuring or shocking
is it more comforting or more scary to know
that everyone can be a part of being apart
living within ourselves just filled with woe
or sharing our souls to better take heart
its a tenuous thing to put ourselves out there
reveal the fears lurking within all of us
to be judged, by a society completely unaware
so hard to show our soul's open to trust
maybe that's what made him feel the way he felt
maybe she'd, after reflection see something else
maybe he could'a been saved from where he dwelt
maybe she'd 'a' been restored to mental health
we'll never know for sure and can only surmise
why others fall down into a hellish abyss
to be loathed or pitied by us haughtily wise
never dreaming that we too might be remiss
© Goode Guy 2012-07-24
Copyright © Goode Guy | Year Posted 2012
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