She’s beautiful and homeless living in
tents along a beach. She looks and is
built like a fashion model, but her mind
just isn’t quite right.
Some probably write her off as crazy.
I see her as a human being who got
a bad break from birth or later in life
when she stricken with mental illness
for the rest of her life.
She’s an example of the many people
suffering mental health fates,
wandering erratically through life.
Most can live normal lives with meds
and therapy, some have been quite
successful and led inspiring lives.
But she is one of the ones who cannot,
and it is heartbreaking that so many
people in this world have to go through
mental health mazes for reasons unclear.
My hope is that when they pass away
they’ll be fixed and okay and have
some kind of compensation for the
trials they endured when they lived
trying and unfairly disconnected lives.
Bob Boyd