Rebuilding My Brain

START RESTART
START OVER
DONE
ESCAPE
BREATHE
RELEASE
CALM
LET GO
QUIET
SILENCE HEALS ME
MANTRAS
GO
BE PRODUCTIVE
SMILE LAUGH JOKE
BE NORMAL
BE THE SAME
ALWAYS THE SAME
BE THE SAME
ALWAYS THE SAME
MAINSTREAM IS SO CREATIVE
SO REAL
SO GENIUS

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WHAT IS IT ABOUT MENTAL ILLNESS
THAT
MAKES ONE SO
FULL OF LOVE, JOY, COMPASSION, BEAUTY, EFFERVESCENCE
PERFECTION
AND FAULT
ALL AT ONCE?

WE FALL; WE RISE
LIKE A PHOENIX THE NEXT DAY WE ARE ALIVE
REBORN
DEAD IN A MOMENT
THROUGH ANOTHER'S EYES
THROUGH AN IGNORANT EXPERIENCE
OF SUFFERING
OF PAIN
THROUGH THE DISADVANTAGE WE WIN
THROUGH THE EFFORT THAT NEVER WINS
WE THRIVE
THROUGH THE HEAVY PANGS OF BURNS
CUTS THROUGH THE PSYCHE
WE LOVE
WE WALK, WITH HUMBLENESS, WITH FAULT, WE KEEP GOING
WE PREVAIL DESPITE IT ALL