MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS(Voiced over poem)

 

So it's mental health week

When people with mental illness will be given attention to

When people can hear and maybe try to understand.


They might understand what we go through 

and try to intervene in ways they can and hear out

But sometimes it's too late and they start to point fingers


1 in 4 people will have issues with thier mental health

Irrespective of your status or wealth

Mental health does not discriminate and it's not determined by fate .

Some think it's spiritual,other thought it's karma but it can happen to anyone.


So,we need to open our eye,listen to those silent cries

Look for the need of hope ,help when people can't cope

Reach out a helping hand,try to understand

Share a caring word that is soothing to the soul


Let us reduce the stigma because it's hinders solution

Mental health is not an enigma,it can happen to anyone of us

So let us stand up and create more awareness


It is unacceptable in this day and age,

that we don't engage and talk about what matters

Because with time,it can boomerang on our sustainability


Listen when people talk of thier daily struggles

Reach out and give a warm hug,speak words of comfort

that is soothing to the soul,let us all make the effort

BECAUSE WE ALL MATTER .




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