They Want You To Be Mad – Written February 2025 (Aged 49)

They Want You To Be Mad

They want you to be mad.
If you’re mad, you own the implosion.
It’s a mental health thing —
something for which they don’t have to do anything.
They can other you if you’re simply unhappy.
Then they’re not the cause.

Accountability?
Well, it can’t be ignored.
Because they push you —
hoping, checking:
Are you broken?
What bit is broke?
They want to be absolved of it all.
It helps if it appears that you do not cope.

Imagine saying:
There are no mysteries.
No unsolvable clues.
Imagine if my poor mental health
was actually down to you.

The idea that what we say and do —
our actions —
have an impact on others.
It’s actually not me going mad.
It’s you.
It’s you hiding under your covers.

And that’s a fact.
It’s them.
It’s them.
It’s always them.
It’s all those people.
And it’s all the intelligence they have ever lacked.

They want you to go mad.
But the truth is, it’s them.
And that’s an indisputable fact.

James Garratt – February 2025

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