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A Schizophrenic (Free verse) by amanda_dcosta
He shakes his head,
Rolls on his bed,
Speaks gibberish
With eyes deep red.
He fights and kicks,
He shouts and spits,
And makes his family
Lose their wits.
With hair unkept,
Mood, not his best
He lives his life
A real test.
He's labelled 'mad'
Inside he's sad,
No one knows him
Nor understands.
Alas, we call ourselves human
And yet what do we see
We're totally numb to those desperate
Whose lives we do not feel.
He's crying out,
oh! don't you know
He's longing to be near
To anyone who'll love him
And want to call him 'dear'.
So heed his call and do not tarry
Although with him there's cause for worry.
Or only when we're in his shoes
We'll understand the schizo news.
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