there is always a name
funny farm  nut house
where disturbed people go
residential treatment center
looney bin   booby hatch
faraway places where
unknown relatives reside
like my Aunt Kate

no one ever spoke of her
was it nervous breakdown
postpartum depression
bi-polar disorder
just choose a name
not quite all there
screw loose
tetched   troubled
possessed
maybe an exorcist
could evict the diabolic imp
Beelzebub
evil spirit
Satan

the brain seems broken
explosive albeit docile
thoughts of ending it
pills a possibility
a scimitar perhaps
must give that a name
suicide
taking your life

a roller coaster ride
life sentence for loved ones
mourning
what name shall we give

Loraine Brink