Why do some people have to
suffer mental illness

through no fault of their own,
nothing they did to deserve it?

I hate the unfairness of that,
as if they’re slighted from birth.

Disadvantaged more than most,
sometimes debilitated.

Of course, some go on to do
great things.

But, why did they have to suffer
mental illness when most do not?

I wish I could wave a magic wand
and rid the world of mental illness.

And set all people with mental health
conditions free permanently.

Bob Boyd