Paranoia Schizophrenia, a Sad Tale

The story, sad.
The man, sad.
The wife sad,
The children, sad.
The diagnosis, paranoia schizophrenia.
 
It happened to the man when he was twenty-nine.
He had a sweet family, everything going fine.
But then this threw him out of whack.
He never got his family back.
 
His young wife had no idea what was wrong.
He followed voices, singing a lonely song.
His eight-year-old daughter was confused.
She kept it to herself, a bit amused.
 
His new baby, a boy, grew up without a dad,
Growing up without him, made this boy good and mad.
The wife who had married him and thought it was forever
Took him to court, and had his parental rights severed.
 
He lives alone, on days he is not the President.
On those days he lives in the White House.
He cannot go out on election years, because he is afraid of his fans and the FBI conspirators.
Everyone is out to get him on election years, and sometimes on Tuesdays on other years.
 
The story sad, the man sad, the wife sad, the children sad.
Paranoia Schizophrenia, a serious business.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018

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Kiser Avatar
October 11, 2018 at 8:05 AM
It certainly is! Well done.
Krutsinger Avatar
October 11, 2018 at 9:27 AM
I am best of friends with the wife, who was two months pregnant with her son when he moved out unexpectedly, all semblence of his former self gone.
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