mental illness (i wish it were) (poem)

mental illness (poem)by Tim Kavi

i wish it were

journeys across space 

and time; but it

isn't. I'd be happy

to find my mind.

oh, you've lost it,

some say? Lost

it? Did i ever

ever, have it?

Some say, oh

you'll be ok. Easy

for you to say.

You could have

given me a chance.

But you didn't.

The abuse, the

disregard, saw to

that. i wish it 

were. That things

were different.

Maybe they could

be. Maybe they will.

It starts with

acceptance, or with

change. will you

accept it? Things

as they are.

Maybe that's a

thought. I wish

it were. I hope

you find it 

they say.

Will you help

me? I wish

it were.

Tears of a Prophetic Clown (New Poem)

"Tears of a Prophetic Clown"

by Tim Kavi

so do you think?

do you think I am Funny?

Always when You

are crying

I'm cruel

in making You laugh

out loud so?

and when You

thought you were dying

seeing a plan in all,

and so

You woke up

again and again

laughing in the telling

of deep purpose

to Do Something

to ease suffering

in and to the world

So go on laughing

and living gloriously

until the real end.

knowing that endings

are beginnings of renewal

dialectics of dancing powers

SO there is no need

to stop laughing

or to never hope in living

for that is the way of

those who are sleeping.