Frank's Psychiatry, Pt 1 #1: 'mental health' creature (prologue)

Frank Prem

some things
live within the blood

 

from when I was a child
riding my bicycle
to visit up top
where my parents toiled
in the old lunatic asylum
discretely perched
behind the ha-ha wall
I was shaped
to the tasks and functions
of working in mental health

 

movement into other fields
and naïve dreams
of becoming something
with more glamorous potential
were inevitably fleeting

 

in the end
after long years
I have come back
and am again that creature
a psychiatric nurse
toiling
in the eternal asylums
of mental health

 

~

  • Author: Frank Prem (Offline Offline)
  • Published: March 9th, 2018 01:19
  • Comment from author about the poem: Frank's Psychiatry. Pt 1 - Early Years
  • Category: Reflection
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Comments3

  • Goldfinch60

    May your toils bring relief to those who suffer.

    • Frank Prem

      Cheers GF. Thank you.

    • Leisa Niamh

      Feel like there is so much more to come. Lovely read.

      • Frank Prem

        Thank you Leisa. It's a long series. I hope you'll enjoy it.

      • Laura🌻

        Frank,
        I see you’ve begun your next series! This great beginning makes me think of where will this lead us to! Looking forward to your next piece of writing!

        ~Laura~

        • Frank Prem

          Here we go again, Laura. I do enjoy writing to themes and this memoir is fairly extensive.

          Settle in for the ride.



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