Mental Illness
Mental illness affects one in four
Yet we still close the door
Terms- crazy, mad, lunatics, kooks
Let’s confine to history books
Images of Bedlam and straitjackets distort our minds
Screaming, shadowy old movie kinds
Mental illness is just another disease
Try kindness and understanding please
Sadly we’re stuck in the past
Old prejudice must not last
It’s time to open the door
Isolation, stigma, shame no more
Copyright © Mubarika Sami | Year Posted 2017
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