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Category Archives: Mental Health
Wisdom
Believing in nothing but hearing it all; listening to silence and answering the call. Heeding the words that the Masters do utter; be they high born of from down in the gutter. The wisdom of ages once spoke by a … Continue reading
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The Journey
At times I wish I’d made the choice, to follow my youth’s ‘Inner Voice’. To see the world; it’s loves its woes and follow where my own whim goes. Instead I married – a different path that ties one to … Continue reading
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“No More!!
Life, at times, is meaningless; the search for nothing there. the constant search for reasons, only to find the cupboard bare. Then there are days the exit sign shines bright above the door. When deep inside your heart of heart … Continue reading
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Lost In My Head
Lost in my head I sometimes find that I can’t understand my own mind. Sometimes it goes in a nice straight line, my life follows it and all is fine. But then, without a moments thought it just isn’t going … Continue reading
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My Wild Dogs.
A wild dog rages, I hear it’s howl and in my dreams I hear its growl. It hungers still fo heart and soul; a vicious beast who’s never whole. Another wild dog stands on high, backdropped by a beauteous sky. … Continue reading
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Visions
What I look at, what I see; how different will those two things be. I see the world through my own eyes; what I perceive is my own lies. Each one of us sees our own way, the meaning of … Continue reading
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On Goblins
On the night of the Full Moon, the Goblins come out and search for what mischief might be about. They look to the left, they look to the right to see what children they can give a fright. But all … Continue reading
Posted in Kid's Poetry, Life, Mental Health
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I met a man
I met a man the other day who told me “There’s another way.” Maybe it was the drugs he took; he certainly had a diff’rent look. I decided that he must be mad; or, worse still, evil and bad. Then … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Mental Health, Politics
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Happy New Year
Another year has floated by to evaporate into the sky. Another year of sights and sounds; the wonders of which life abounds. Of course there were the ups and downs; we’ve had our smiles, we’ve had our frowns. But, all … Continue reading
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My Days
I have my days when I feel down. I have my days when I’m a clown. I have my days when there’s no hope. I have my days I feel a dope. But more and more I have those days … Continue reading
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My Way?
I saw a door, is it my way? A journey I must make one day to see those worlds long since unseen, but places where I once have been. I know those places in my heart; I’ve seen the door; … Continue reading
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On Spiritual Crisis (or Are We Crippling Our Shamen?)
There are two periods in life when the risk of mental illness are at their greatest: puberty and the “mid-life change”; both are times of, what our society sees as, immense hormonal challenge and change. Traditional societies see so much … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Mental Health, nature, Spirit
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All Walls Must Fall!
“Are you mad?” he asked of me; I know that’s how I appear to be. The person here who you do see, is either mad or becoming free. Either way, what’s in a name; it’s simply part of society’s game … Continue reading
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Good Morning
“Good Morning” to a brand new day; this morning my old mind’s at play. It wanders here, it wonders there; it does it almost anywhere. Sometimes I know the thing it finds; the ‘strangeness’ that is in my mind.
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The sentimental stranger
The sentimental stranger; with heart for all to see; does that simple openness make that person free? Or it is paranoia; to hide their deepest fear? I wish I had the answers; so much is left unclear.
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