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I.
No one informed me that
It was on the cards

That I was supposed to turn left
At the junction
Instead of right

So that I will meet
Mr Right, the man of my dreams
Today

Cos it is written on the
Cards

II.
You mean it is written on the cards
That today is the day
That someone will fall in love
With me
At first sight, at that

Really? No kidding?

So why was I not informed
That it was on the cards

Cos I was caught off guard

If I knew that it was on the cards
I could have been better prepared
Wore this dress
Instead of that

Brought this bag
Instead of that

Met him instead of you

At the right junction
At the right spot
On the right day

As written on the cards.

No one really believes in the dignity of the mentally ill.
When you have the label bipolar you lose all respect.
The police and paramedics treat you like a rabid dog.
Even the hospital staff behaves like you are the wild man of Borneo.

I couldn’t even get a glass of water I was so dead to all rights.
I was lucky to go to the bathroom, accompanied, of course.
They tell you if you don’t agree to be committed
You can just be held who knows how long till they take you to court.

Then when you go to court who knows how long you will be kept.
Maybe you will be so beyond all rights that you won’t get out for years.
They won’t let you speak to a lawyer or even a social worker.
Your doctor suddenly doesn’t know you or can’t be reached.

I think, “what if I was your daughter, wife or mother”?
Would you really behave towards me like this?
I am just as ill as if I had pleurisy, pneumonia or hepatitis.
This is so not a way to treat someone who is only sick.

The ring is full of sweat and pain
With knockout punch a hope is slain
The victor crows about his might
The loser slips away from sight

The trainer takes another on
Most upandcoming/here and/gone
But he shows promise skill and bite
And offers hope however slight

Turns out he is a fate amender
Not COULDabeen this IS Contender
His last foe got an early night
As he with ease turned out the light

And now the Main Event is smelt
The acquisition of a belt
Awaits the winner of the fight
The question: which one has the Right?