Sanity Prevails

Sanity Prevails   

It’s okay you needn’t come back again.

Because after all you really are quite sane.

    There’s no further need to analyse.

Or for you to feel as if we’re here to

    criticise.

It’s not that your not allowed to be

    quixotic.

At times it’s even comprehensible that you

    could even be slightly neurotic.

It’s just that we’d like to advise against

    reaching for the nearest serepax.

Especially if you think your shattered

    nerves are nigh on a relapse.

We’d like to be able to promise you that

    life's one and only hurdle.

Was that occasionally your custard might,

    just slightly curdle!

But you above all others now know, that

    life's problems must be met.

For after all when you think about it,

    who else is better equipped to vet?

 

 

   

 

 

Reviews

[Daniel Malone]

Another intriguing read! This one in particular, I would like to hear vocalized. It is structured in such a way, regarding meter, phrasing, and rhyme scheme, that I imagine it would fall as beautifully on our ears as it does on our eyes. There is also an important message here. Neuroses, anxieties, quirks, etc., have no bearing on our sanity. It's normal to be overwhelmed, but as you said, who is more properly equipped to deal with these issues than ourselves? I wonder if I detect a slight disdain towards the medicalization of common mental woes. Thank you for sharing!

[Singing Bird]

Hey ya sprung me mate. A slight disdain,,,,, ah yeh..Laughin so, for if we can't see the humour in ourselves or the quirkiness whether it has a penchant to lean toward black, white or grey, its the best recipe for not stepping into the abyss of no return.

[Jem Sagcal]

An incredibly interesting write!

I found entertainment in the words you used, and I found the rhyming to be absolutely perfect in maintaining the flow of your poem.

[Singing Bird]

Why thank you Jem. The poem was written and given to a "Shrink." He then had a calligrapher copy it, frame it, and it sits above his desk in his office. I can still him roaring laughing as he read it.