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Beautiful Mind

People stero type him with names like, moron, goofball, idiot, and crazy They never realize that he is not slow and his mind is far from lazy Complicated, is more the way I see it He has a million ideas to process, Somewhere in the vastness of his mind, thoughts become a disconnected mess Most of the time his thinking is rational During the presentation it will shatter the thought process causes confusion he can't comprehend what is the matter People laugh, poke fun, distance themselves They think he's always in a daze Medication subdues him, doesn't change him, it creates a certain protective haze In this era I find it strange that, people shy away from his affliction It seems like they would much rather, be around someone with a drug addiction It's always been a controversial issue At one time it was considered fine, to do a lobotomy on a human brain, as a means to control, customize, refine How sad it is to be different, when cruelty rears it's ugly head He lives in a world he doesn't understand So hard to interpret, what is being said The "voices", keep him company, when the world shuts him out He's happy just to be himself, that's all he has left to care about If someday you meet him remember to please be kind He may be different from the norm but to God, he has a beautiful mind

Copyright © | Year Posted 2009




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Date: 7/3/2009 8:44:00 PM
Willow, I am not talking about the movie, this is an actual person
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Date: 7/3/2009 1:52:00 PM
are you talking about the movie?
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Date: 6/27/2009 9:00:00 PM
Genius is strange in a goofy world where in denial the goofs project ... not only is your heart kind to feel beneath the surface of the eyes, but you are inspired with a beautiful poem. One love!
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