People Are Not a Set of Symptoms – Written September 2007

People Are Not a Set of Symptoms

people are not there to be put in boxes
they not there for the benefit of others
and their labels
people are not a set of symptoms
a set of self diagnosed conditions
and that rings true whether that be –
someone you know or your own children
people are not a checklist,
to provide you with all the ticks
against your insecurity
but into boxes you will make them fit
people who put people into untrue boxes
it’s the mark of the ignorant and the small minded




James Garratt – September 2007


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