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(Mental illness is as real as melanin in Africa. You are never alone)

She would sit alone at lunch,

Staring at her mother’s attempt to care,

Rice and stew that ends up in the trash.

 

She was the life of the party,

Popular parties where only

Rehab dropouts and psychos were invited.

 

Her nights were a circus of

Self-loathing and sleeping pills,

That comes alive in the dark.

 

Madness to her meant over-crowded,

Voices that wouldn’t stop

Talking and arguing,

about colours,

about shapes,

about mutilation.

 

 

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3 hours ago, Covfefe said:

(Mental illness is as real as melanin in Africa. You are never alone)

She would sit alone at lunch,

Staring at her mother’s attempt to care,

Rice and stew that ends up in the trash.

 

She was the life of the party,

Popular parties where only

Rehab dropouts and psychos were invited.

 

Her nights were a circus of

Self-loathing and sleeping pills,

That comes alive in the dark.

 

Madness to her meant over-crowded,

Voices that wouldn’t stop

Talking and arguing,

about colours,

about shapes,

about mutilation.

 

 

A sad one..

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8 hours ago, Covfefe said:

Yeah.

Wish we'd talk about mental illness more.

We don't talk about it enough I agree. I wish we would. It is real...

I had a post on it a while back and there was only one reply if I recall. It is real... we recognize it in our community and in the larger society; we just haven't called it by its name.

A conversation about it is long over due.

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