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apoetdreams
Member
since 2003-06-01
Posts 52
NJ, USA

0 posted 2003-06-03 11:32 PM


For my son,fighting against the pervasive stigma of mental illness.....

He looks up
at me
seeking
motherly wisdom
begging me to fight
a losing battle.

I look down,
lowering my eyes
in shame
from a
reborn
genetic demon
resting its
monstrous
fingers
on my
only boy.

He looks up
at me
searching for
a world
that will not
banish him
for his
differently
brilliant,
exuberantly
troubled
being.

A world void of
stigma;
A place
he only
imagines
looking
up and away
into his
humble hopes.

Make your words as sweet as honey, someday you may have to eat them.

© Copyright 2003 Kristy Sutton - All Rights Reserved
passing shadows
Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577
displaced
1 posted 2003-06-04 04:28 AM


prayers for you both
Bill Charles
Member Patricius
since 2000-07-11
Posts 10619
highways, & byways, for now
2 posted 2003-06-04 06:47 AM


apoetdreams - I don't know what to say except I wish you the best...

BC

ethome
Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858
New Brunswick Canada
3 posted 2003-06-04 06:48 AM


I echo the previous replies.....
Kahlil
Senior Member
since 2003-04-12
Posts 1881

4 posted 2003-06-05 10:12 PM


Welcome to Passions.  This is a great place to find supportive friends.  And writing is so good for your mental and emotional well-being....  
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