Where is the light
That burns brightest for you?
Is it the words in a book?
Where is the light
That burns brightest for you?
Haven't you heard that's
Not where to look?
Words of mankind
Written down are now shaming
The text of the book over years
Keeps on changing
The hearts that it's broken by
Those ever claiming
To hold all the night that you are
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Author:
lewisgale mental hospital (
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- Comment from author about the poem: DSMV/ Turned, when turned, we turned around Light the light, the light we found Was dumb and barely standing, unsound With plans of darkness, calmed us down Because we had, because we'd turned around
- Category: Short story
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Comments3
Is that you T? If so, turn that light on! heehee.
🤣 Nope, not me, kind sir! But I always appreciate a shout out reminder! 💡
When we categorize lumping people into groups so as to understand we loose the humanity. When we use statistics to determine normalcy where do we draw the line? When we use a book to determine what pill to give to someone how do we account for individual side effects. Thomas Szasz felt that mental illness is nothing more than dealing with people that we don't wish to tolerate and have no laws against. I am rambling but this poem struck a sore spot. Well done a fave
A most wonderful poem in time for Easter. Not sure if it was intended for Easter or not, but it works wonderfully. Well done, regardless. This is a fave. 🌹👏
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