Woke up this morning with a total war raging in my head

The calendar on the wall screamed out loud October 10

Looked out of my tearful window on a Covid-19 wasteland

Another year has passed me by, its World Mental Health Day once again

Better get my act together and put on a masked painted smile

Take my medication and fight the lonesome Autumn blues

Step out boldly into the teeming streets surrounded, but so alone

You could learn a lot from a life like mine if you so choose

Anxiety, Depression, Bipolar, Schizophrenia to name a few

We one and all have mental health issues to some degree

It’s the support and empathy we show others that really counts

The statistic is one in four are affected, could easily be you or me

The lost day is behind me and the night surrounds and engulfs me

A full moon shines brightly and releases the lunatic within

I am not alone as long as the planet gives me strength and holds my hand

On World Mental Health Day October 10 let my new life begin