(From the author’s notebook. Written 4/14/16)
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Depression seen as chronic,
Folks judge moronic…
Why choose
And refuse
To be catatonic?
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Some have the crazy idea,
Behavior is willful and clear…
Always a choice
With inner voice,
Pointing the way to steer!
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“Just stop that,” is a farce,
Who gave you the right to parse…?
Some things are not
As easily shot,
Without making it worse!
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Why don’t you understand
Continuing to reprimand…
This creation fallen
Is appalling,
But the way things currently stand?
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The chronic depressed are cast,
Into a bullring vast…
One says, “OLE”
All you need to say
Is begone, and the sickness is past”!
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We’re often pushed aside,
Who will the “gutless” abide…?
But Christ’s embrace
Filled with grace
Can heal all that’s inside!
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An Opinion Poem..based in part on the author’s personal experience.
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–Jonathan Caswell
By the Mighty Mumford 