Franks Psychiatry 4 #50: this somebody's boy

Frank Prem

and he talks to me
this young man
in a babble of words

 

I say nothing
he's too high

 

a touch of macho
surrounding an elevated mood
racing fast and furied
until he stops

 

suddenly

 

dead quiet

 

and his face starts to move
into creases and crinkles
reshaping while he struggles
his eyes go glassy

 

and then it's all sadness
this boy
this somebody's little boy
is doing it tough

 

because it's hard to be a man
all the time

 

~

  • Author: Frank Prem (Offline Offline)
  • Published: April 28th, 2018 02:17
  • Comment from author about the poem: Franks Psychiatry Pt 4 - acute observations.
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Comments3

  • onepauly

    certainly hard to be a man sometimes.
    trials and tribulations.

  • Laura🌻

    Frank,
    Such an episode is tough and painful to watch! I’m somewhat familiar with what you’ve described in your write...at home and at the rehab center I volunteer my time to!

    A sad, but a good write!

    ~Laura~

    • Frank Prem

      There's a lot of it about, Laure.

      Cheers.

    • Goldfinch60

      So sad to see this happen to the mind, your patience is wonderful.

      • Frank Prem

        Thank you, GF. Cheers.



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