Mental Illness
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(“Perception and Reality Merit Badge”, 2015, original oil)
Mental Illness
Everyone with a mind is mentally ill
At least at times
And certainly to someone else.
A concerned doctor
The kind who could bestow such a label
Could say, why are you so sad
When Life is so good
You must be mentally unwell.
Why are you so happy, you must be unwell
When all around the world is in such pain.
Why are you calm and peaceful
When there is so much strife and war
You must be delusional and out of touch.
Why are you fearful and angry
You must be unstable when everybody
Just wants to get along…
Everyone is the same
Because we all have minds, minds
Which are by nature fluid and unstable
Because, that’s how they grow.
(9/6/25)
Copyright © James Moore | Year Posted 2025
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