All of the shining mad ones With their heresies of reality And other visions and other voices Are not diminished By the multitude of choices That is their truth Upon each waking day
They are woken by the howl From beyond the first ear And into the deeper mind Where there is other language And blinding colours of emotion For madness has the purity of pain That martyrs can only long for
By Phil Roberts
I know this is a "difficult" poem but, it's a difficult concept. I felt that I had to try it in the interest of empathy.