Writing Prompt: Justice

What would you do if I said,
I hear voices in my head?

How would you be if you knew,
About the spectres of abuse I daily slew?

Maybe I see things where there are none;
Perhaps I pluck my eyelashes, one by painful one.

How about the several “me’s” who reside in this body?
What about my eternal nightmares, leaving me ever groggy?

Would you still invite me, want to hang out?
Or would you push me away, terrified of my anguished shout?

Would I be welcome, or would I be unbearable?
Would you be fair and just, even if I was incurable?

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Written on behalf of the brave souls who wade through the murky waters of mental illness everyday; misunderstood, mistreated, alone.

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