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Abandoned

The lush fishing village of Kaloo-Nong Rich with folklore, dance, and song Natives thrive in work and play Through joy and sorrow, day by day When young Tahina feels lost, tense, and blue The villagers know just what to do In the sacred woods they sing tales of yore Soon Tahina is as happy as she was before In New York, young Mandy feels anxious, and blue Her parents know exactly just what to do An emergency room doctor, sterner than kind writes a prescription to calm her mind Months, then years pass, as friends fall away In a well of despair, Mandy dreads every day Abandoned and lost with tormenting sensations Doctors continue to change and adjust medications

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I Am Anaya

Date: 8/13/2022 11:08:00 AM

Abandoned and lost with tormenting sensations... Doctors continue what they think is right, we know deep in our hearts the village's like Kaloo-Nong...is healing and Christian like. I agree Robert!

Robert Gorelick
Date: 8/13/2022 1:13:00 PM

Sometimes it is culture not the individuals in it that requires serious analysis. Thanks, Anaya!

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 5/26/2022 8:45:00 AM

This is why they call it "practicing medicine" because it is such a "trial and error" kind of thing to do. Nice one.

Robert Gorelick
Date: 5/26/2022 9:05:00 AM

Let's just hope that trials will finally lead to answers, Caren. Thank you, Caren

Ann Foster

Date: 5/25/2022 6:31:00 PM

Every time I go to your page... I am drawn to this poem... Ann

Robert Gorelick
Date: 8/13/2022 1:10:00 PM

Our alienating culture creates so much sadness and stress. Thank you, Ann. Robert

Lady Labyrinth

Date: 5/24/2022 10:23:00 PM

It's a vicious circle. Do you not take the anti-depressants recommended out of fear, and just spiral downwards with your other substitutes drugs and booze; or do you take them as recommended by physicians / psych professionals, that one is supposed to trust ... and the bloody things don't work as they should. The edges become sharper and the tightropes thinner...and one thinks of ending the dilemma abruptly (if you get my point) to stop all noise and confusion.

Robert Gorelick
Date: 5/26/2022 9:03:00 AM

I believe that society's neurosis makes us neurotic as well. Mental illness is amplified by the mental illness of our culture. Thank you for your visit, Lady Labyrinth. Robert

Lady Labyrinth
Date: 5/24/2022 10:25:00 PM

sad, but relevant poem.

Ann Foster

Date: 5/24/2022 8:41:00 AM

This was so sad and so full of emotions... Excellent imagery. Ann

Robert Gorelick
Date: 5/24/2022 9:13:00 AM

Our alienating culture creates so much sadness and stress. Thank you, Ann. Robert

The Situation

Date: 5/22/2022 7:07:00 PM

had the read the curen twice. Believable. and true if you ask me. tragic the greed of drug companies. Legal drug dealers and they unleashed the worst. But my oppinion, this was very well writen, very well! it had a point and a lession. Good work.

Robert Gorelick
Date: 5/22/2022 7:19:00 PM

Thank you for the comment. Psychiatry is the only field of medicine that has made absolutely no progress in the last half century! Robert

Ann Foster

Date: 5/21/2022 1:57:00 PM

So sad my friend... well written... loads of emotion... and imagery. Ann

Robert Gorelick
Date: 5/22/2022 6:49:00 PM

Thanks for your visit and apt comment. Robert

Harry Horsman

Date: 5/20/2022 11:23:00 PM

Truly reads like a poem for today, Robert, excellent narrative, so is the flow and rhyme.

Robert Gorelick
Date: 5/21/2022 10:22:00 AM

From California to Cardiff my regards to you, your insightful poetry and your celebrated countryman Dylan Thomas. Robert