"Story Of The Mentally Ill":
This is a story of the mentally ill
Stuck away in hospitals against their will
Beaten and abused
Lost and confused
Forsaken by family, God, and man
Trying to survive as best as they can
Trying to live week to week
Tears in their eyes-afraid to speak
Treated mean by doctors, nurses, and patients they meet
Worse than a homeless person on the street
Shunned by friends and family
They roam these halls lost and lonely
Waiting for a kind word from staff or family
I know because it happened to me
All they do is over medicate
You take a pill for stress and insanity
I know because it happened to me
It doesn't matter if you have wealth
It doesn't matter if you have bad health
Rich or poor is the same you see
All you get is a look of pity
Shunned by friends and family who just don't care
When all you need is for them to be there
This is your fate if you are labeled crazy
I know because it happened to me
All of this happened to me-it's true
When you are labeled crazy
In this mental zoo
by Lora's mom (whom LORA got every speck of her talent from*) September 09
*** Being mentally ill does not mean that you can't be both intelligent and extremely talented-GIFTED-even an GENIUS! Some of the most creatively gifted "GENIUS" people alive on this planet are somewhat insane! I saw the bruises on my mom's frail body (& I later read her entire journal). Both my mother's "sisters" had the NERVE to say to my mother (and to me) that my mother threw herself against a wall! (That isn't what happened.) I handed over to the people who investigate these types of things the entire contents of the journal my mom kept when she was recently locked up in McLean's mental hospital in Ma. There is still "surprisingly" a terrible, terrible STIGMA on mental illness. In case anybody out there reading this is "worried" that Lora has somehow "betrayed" her mother-I have not betrayed my mom in any way. My mom asked me to put her poem out in cyberspace. ***Neither Lora nor her mother give one flying f what the rest of the "so called" family thinks or wants kept "quiet"..... "God Forbid You Ever Had To Walk A Mile In Her Shoes ... (EVERLAST) *My "aunt" L (who USED to be my good friend but SADLY turned into another "auntie" M") had the AUDACITY to say to my mother (in response to my mother's incredible poem called "STORY OF THE MENTALLY ILL") "Mental hospitals are not like that, E". You have NEVER been "locked up" in a mental hospital, L! (Sarcasm intended.) Who does anybody think that they are telling anybody else what they have or have not suffered in this life? Lora has NEVER been in either jail or a mental hospital (for any length of time) but would Lora ever say to a human being who had been in one of those places (for any length of time) "Those places are not like that"? How could my aunt L say that to my poor mother? It blows my mind-the AUDACITY of too many people on this planet! (Sarcasm Intended-anger suppressed-to avoid my own incarceration!)
Answer by Etter L
I like it. Your mom is a true poet. It does tell it like it is.
Answer by Danielle aka Dani. Rock On!
Very nice, I like it.
"Tell it like it is" best fits its description
Your mother is a true poet.
Answer by Iano The Mighty
This poem indeed displays a "speck of talent" - emphasis on the word "speck". However, more than that is needed to write a well-crafted poem - this isn't it.
Answer by Amanda
You know....there are people out there who do care. No amount of words set in art can really "tell it like it is" Those who don't walk in your mom's shoes can't ever understand but there are people out there who do care...who care to show compassion and support but we don't always know how.
Thank you for sharing your mom's poem.
Orignal From: Don't you think this brutally honest poem my mom recently wrote "tells it like it is"?
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