To tell the world ...it ain't normal....an ode...to mental illness

How do I tell the world?

Of the ghosts that live hidden in the mind..

That make a man fear his very shadow..

The ghosts that make a man just his shadow

A shadow of what he used to be...his mind

Of how, depressed.. he cowers in tears and fear

Hush! The world must never know..Never Mind!

And tomorrow, he will be another man, dear..!

Super invincible with dreams and incoherent passion..

From depressed south to bipolar north, he will waver

Sadness, tears to an invincible God..from pride to compassion..

The world can't know his woes...for normalcy would waver..

Hide in veils..his days of wrath and anger..

Blasphemy...that there exist an absurd world outside this world?

Dismiss the ghosts that he alone sees...and it's danger

His wife..his kids..who straddle his world and this world...

Paint his dark shadow in...light colors acceptable...

This world has no place for darkness...Stay normal...!

Hide him, his shadow..for it ain't to society...palatable..

How do I tell the world that this isn't normal?