Mental Healt

An ambiguous term, is it not? When does this health start to fade? When does illness begin it's march forward filling the pathways and crevices of a once healthy mind, as a snake slithers towards its prey, relishing the moment of the strike. How long can one ignore the unhealthy thoughts that clutter the mind? When do they cross that ever so delicate barrier between societal acceptance and incarceration? How do feelings of fear and abandonment factor in? Do these thoughts have to be dangerous or hurtful to yourself or others to be considered abnormal But then again, what's normal? "The trouble with normal is that it always gets worse! - See more at: http://allpoetry.com/poem/11002341-Mental-Health-by-Bar-Ponneck#sthash.zODkXqV0.dpuf