Trapped in a system that doesn’t care

All control removed by a system which isn’t fair

Restrained by a DOLs order of which he’s unaware

Trapped in limbo like a ghost that’s hardly there

Struggling through life and not getting a fair share

Bipolar and learning disability with a possibility of schizophrenia and paranoia

A disconnect from family adding to the cocktail

How the hell is he supposed to fit into this world?

On a good day he has empathy and humour and fun

On a bad day he has paranoia and blame, and I am the one

He can’t rationalise the problems that he faces or the problems of life

He attacks the carers that arrive with verbal abuse

He knows the system well enough to know that they have no solution

And that at the end of the day there will be no resolution

But a likelihood of ending days in an institution

He’s still trapped in a no man’s land with no obvious options

Treading water till the cocktail of medication and obesity makes him compliant

He will become a non-person who only needs sustenance to keep him alive

No human traits, like fighting to survive

A victim of the system yet a problem the system cannot solve