Safety in Mind
The conflagration is doused with drugs.
When there is a raging
Where a page turns
And the thoughts are rearranging
As the candle burns;
The fire of the moment spreads.
And the thoughts lick around
The flickering sparks one dreads
Without a signal, without a sound.
A mind set ablaze makes
For a devastating blow.
As a flame simply snakes
Through ideas that damp fire like snow.
Safety comes from a pill.
Some denounce its use.
True comfort makes me still.
And all talk against psych drugs is obtuse.
With the fire doused by chemicals, true
It includes a smoldering of ashes.
It helps to know too
The frame is burned but I save the sashes.
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I like the raw, vivid imagery! Thanks for sharing.