I Know a Man
I work in mental health and hear lots of stories from people who have suffered abuse, when young. This poem is about the abuse suffered by a child that led to psychosis as an adult. Warning: if you’re ‘triggered’or ‘offended’ by the content of the poem. Please don’t read it.
I know a man
I know a man who knows a man,
Who lives inside his head
The man I know has told me that,
This man fills him with dread
He scolds him, calls him bastard
And he says he should be dead
He mocks him daily, takes the piss
And tears his life to shreds
This man I know, informs me that,
The man inside his head
Has lived with him since he was young
And raped him in his bed
He told me that, the man he knows,
Upstairs would lightly tread
To slide between duvet and sheet
And wrong him while he slept
The man who lives inside his head,
Was both his parents friend
He baby sat when they went out,
Abuse this did portend
This man I know, then just a child
Was too weak to defend;
Himself from lust of pedophile
Who ‘ed’ him till he bled
Pshycotic now, this man I know
He takes olanzapine
It quells the voice inside of him
But life is not serene
The man who lives inside his head
Though quiet and unseen
Still petrifies this man I know
And haunts his nightly dreams
N..L.G
Copyright © Nigel Gray | Year Posted 2023
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