Schizophrenic

Powerful illness

Schizophrenic

Poverty of thought,

and paranoid delusions

drove him to madness.

 

05/04/15

Reviews

[Lydia Shutter]

Too many in our society today suffer from "poverty of thought"! Your poetry is unique and powerful, John. Lydi**

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Thank you Lydi!

[Isabel25]

Not able to think is as diabolic as over-thinking i suppose. Just three lines, but holds a whole universe within it. Good one.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Thank you Annie.

[Mark]

Very scary poem, at least for me. I had a friend who was heavily medicated. He'd told me he was schizophrenic and if he stopped his meds, would have fantastic images appear to him. My mind is one of my most prized possessions. I shudder to think what might happen if I were to suffer some illness of the brain.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Having worked with mentally ill people all my life I have seen both the sad and the light side of madness. Cheers Mark.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

love that line, "poverty of thought"---

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Tis but a symptom of schizophrenia Jacob. Many thanks.