Past Minds
Aug 30, 2023
It saddens me to think
my own mother
or grandmother
or aunt
or any males in my family
once felt the need to suppress
memories, madness, or mayhem
within their minds
mental health was a joke
to the past life of the world
mental problems were not justified
as real battles fighting the good fight
what once was a disconnect and disregard
between myself and my ancestors
what once was a tense conversation
said in whispers in back rooms
is now a core thread that binds us together
what once was a jealousy of a “good life”
is now a pure pity for oblivious minds
