drawn
mental health
is like a night train
with carriage lights
that flicker intermittently
to illuminate faces
whose journey status
is a mystery
while platforms
frog leap into window spaces
to flash confused prints
for retinal insight
all the while
that thoughtless engine
ploughs on
venting perfunctory shrieks
that drown interior monologue
while i
at times
         also scream

First published at ‘The Perspective Project’
edited by Rachel Berlingieri June 2021
spur lines - Geoffrey Aitken | Mental Health Poetry (theperspectiveproject.co.uk)