Chapbook Update 11: Elizabeth S. Wolf
This is from the chapbook Mentally Confined, written by James Gondek. Mr. Gondek resides in Michigan. Many, many of these chapbooks touched on issues of mental illness and treatment. Read this for the insight, where the personal story turns into a universal truth.
Facing my Thoughts
Every single night
I drop these same tears
Who do I look for
I just want someone near
I don’t have no one
I just want one to care
I remember my ex-
and what she said
So I look for the bad
that she said was there
So I looked deep down
and I only saw fear
So someone is lying
either her or the mirror.
Day after day
I try to stay strong
week after week
it just seems too long
all of this time
that I have to be gone
I sit here and think
Where did I go wrong.