Coordinators Highlight
We have all kept very quiet over so many abnormal things going on around us. This silence should not be entertained any longer because that in itself is abnormal. Take charge of the things around you. Report to necessary authorities and press on. Let society work again. Let’s be kind to the weak and mentally ill. What they cannot do for themselves, let’s do for them. That is what makes society tick.
 
 
…Within her space
Within this place
Not her place
I often find her dressed like the day
Out of her mother’s womb she came
 
Eyes unconcerned see it normal
Oh normal is abnormal
when abnormality is normally left neglected
how abnormal to be normal when you are being controlled by abnormal people
Is it not abnormal to find in the city centre
cars by passing each second
besides the electric pole close to the gutter by the street where she lay?
 
the police and their station some few yards away
the market sellers continue to sell nearby
the bankers are over satisfied with their daily savings
the study teacher doesn’t miss his extra classes
the nurse and doctor on duty, in a hurry to return from the market
the sun always hot if not raining
the rains always come with a storm
she still lies there
Within her space
Within this place
Not her place
I often find her dressed like the day
Out of her mother’s womb she came
 
 
 

By Stevenson Cleardark
Poet/ Mental Health Advocate