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We’re All Mad Here
Do you think that you would know
if you’d lost your mind?
For if one did go crazy
I’m sure they’d miss the signs.
And if indeed there’s “no one home,
yet all the lights were on”,
I think it'd be fairly questionable,
In whose home might one belong?
Certainly if I feel perplexed
by the loss of such a thing,
that in itself should then disprove
that which I’m pondering.
So, surely as I’m sitting here,
racking my functional brain,
I must exist inside myself.
There’s no way I am insane.
if you’d lost your mind?
For if one did go crazy
I’m sure they’d miss the signs.
And if indeed there’s “no one home,
yet all the lights were on”,
I think it'd be fairly questionable,
In whose home might one belong?
Certainly if I feel perplexed
by the loss of such a thing,
that in itself should then disprove
that which I’m pondering.
So, surely as I’m sitting here,
racking my functional brain,
I must exist inside myself.
There’s no way I am insane.
Published 18th Sep 2019
| Edited 1st Jan 2020
Author's Note
Any true poet knows what I am saying in this poem. Hey, we’ve all tried to tip the scales in this inner struggle, am I “normal”, or am I batshit crazy??? I do believe I must have maybe a bit of both.
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18th Sep 2019 8:46pm
It is only human for us mere mortals to question our sanity.... We question what's right and what's wrong in the eyes of others opinions.... We allow others to lead us blindly through their thoughts of right and wrong... Are we insane enough to believe we are sane just by following our own morals and values???? Great write my fellow poet...
18th Sep 2019 10:58pm
Of course You are talking about a different type of crazy!
(i was diagnosed by the USAF in the late 1970's to have schizophrenia and i have not considered it something that makes me crazy -- though i do occasionally have psychotic episodes)
LOL!!!! & i write! How messed up is that? & like You have won $$ in Poetry contests and been writing for a while.
I don't question the validity of my sanity and maybe it's because i wear a cloak of invisibility due to my mental illness.
Anyways, i know about what You spill here and Yeah, all of us ponder over these thoughts and feels
all
the
time
Nice spill to cause more (over) thinking -- LOL
(i was diagnosed by the USAF in the late 1970's to have schizophrenia and i have not considered it something that makes me crazy -- though i do occasionally have psychotic episodes)
LOL!!!! & i write! How messed up is that? & like You have won $$ in Poetry contests and been writing for a while.
I don't question the validity of my sanity and maybe it's because i wear a cloak of invisibility due to my mental illness.
Anyways, i know about what You spill here and Yeah, all of us ponder over these thoughts and feels
all
the
time
Nice spill to cause more (over) thinking -- LOL
Ooh! I had the best reply to your comment, and my server crashed!! Ffs!!! Lol. Anyway, I’ll try to recall what I wrote...... As for your so called ”disorder “, it’s just another of the fabulous ingredients that make up your interesting, beautiful soul. I have a roommate with the same diagnosis, and I have been very educated on this subject since having met him. I have seen only movies to teach me about this before having met him, and I’m sad to say, they don’t help the cause. He is an intelligent, funny, sensitive and wonderful young man, and I’m a better person for having met him. As for your cloak of invisibility, EVERYONE in the world wears one, in some way or another. The fact that you have embraced your demons and your inspiring and amazing honesty, makes you so much more “normal “ than you give yourself credit for. The world would be humbled by your very strength. Never stop talking about it and NEVER stop expressing your feelings, and NEVER EVER be less than who you are. Which, so far as I can tell, is beautiful.
18th Sep 2019 11:48pm
You just now made my eyes wet!!
Damnit!!
I once was dating someone who wanted to know EXACTLY and i told her the closest film to come close to describing the average (& I AM NOT THE AVERAGE) schizophrenic would be
A Beautiful Mind
I fucking cried almost throughout the entire movie!!
Just because i hide most of what goes on inside of me (as opposed to the film) doesn't mean i am any less Brilliant, any less Feeling, any less.......!
Thank You
thank You
for wonderful response and compassion
damnit, i need a towel now as the tears keep on a comin'
Damnit!!
I once was dating someone who wanted to know EXACTLY and i told her the closest film to come close to describing the average (& I AM NOT THE AVERAGE) schizophrenic would be
A Beautiful Mind
I fucking cried almost throughout the entire movie!!
Just because i hide most of what goes on inside of me (as opposed to the film) doesn't mean i am any less Brilliant, any less Feeling, any less.......!
Thank You
thank You
for wonderful response and compassion
damnit, i need a towel now as the tears keep on a comin'
30th Sep 2019 9:42am
We are all different, even if different people possess some of the same characteristics. I know I have certain eccentricities. If that puts me on the fringe of being mad, I'm OK with that. We have to be true to ourselves. Interesting write!
10th Oct 2019 3:35am
I’m totally ok with my being a little bit insane. What is “normal “ anyway? I’m “normal “ to me. Lol I’d rather be eccentric any day, it keeps life interesting.
10th Oct 2019 3:42am
this is wonderful dearest poet
speaking from experience I am technically
quite insane parts of the year
fortunately I am able to write my delusions out
and it doesn't show in my day to day life...
we are artists we must be mad
but then all the good people are lol :)
I really enjoyed reading this...
love Brenda 💕
speaking from experience I am technically
quite insane parts of the year
fortunately I am able to write my delusions out
and it doesn't show in my day to day life...
we are artists we must be mad
but then all the good people are lol :)
I really enjoyed reading this...
love Brenda 💕
11th Oct 2019 00:06am
Thanks. It’s one of my favorites , I like the part “ that in itself should then disprove that which I’m pondering “, lol. It flows well,again, thanks!
