Mental Health Concerns

Bipolar Brain

Will mental illness drive you insane,
Or will it force you to remain.
Locked up inside 
Like a prisoner on death row
Barred in like somebody we used to know.

Prison wouldn't be so bad to me,
If I was wasn't already locked down, you see
In my own body I cannot move
Trapped inside a dimension we're trying to prove.

Maybe one day I'll be as free as a bird
Then hopefully I'll be heard.
Until that day where freedom is granted,
People continue to look at me slanted.

Like I'm so different from you or anyone,
I think you would listen if I brandished my gun.
That's how it feels on any given day
Copyright © | Year Posted 2014

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January 20, 2025 at 12:38 PM
mental health is rough at times it seems to run in my family. my mam my dad my 2 aunties 2 of my sisters myself my 2 younger children plus some neices. stay strong. my son has agrophobia it is not easy he stays in his room all the time.
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