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They Don't Understand

by Angela Wilson, published on April 8, 2009 at 11:49 PM

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We are special and peculiar people

We are God's people

Some of us are big stars and celebrities

Some of us are painters, carpenters and artists

We've overcome mental stress aggravation an depression

But we still suffer the stigmatism

They don't understand, they refuse to understand

They refuse to give us a chance

Instead they'd rather say that we're crazy

loony and need to be locked up

Boxed up and cast aside

To be swept under the carpet

And to be forgotten, to be isolated

We get treated like rappers and they go hand in hand

We've overcame our fears

And the being bound for years

But they still refuse to understand

We have rights, a right to live

A right to be heard

A right to live in normal society

To live normal lives

I've made friends in the Mental Health Community

And they've proven to be intelligent, brilliant

They have extraordinary talents, and they're good at what they do

Some of us are musicians, photographers, artists and poets

We are one and we will stand up and fight as one

We shall overcome and we shall prevail

We're everywhere, in every nationality

We're in the work place and in families

We've accomplished at lot

But they don't understand, they don't care

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April 9, 2009 | 9:04 AM
You're loony.
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April 11, 2009 | 5:52 AM
Well, you can be loony and still use spellcheck, my dear.

It's not a bad poem per se, it's just too cliche and unsurprising. Reads like prose. Thanks for sharing.
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