In defense of the misunderstood

I’m a certified nutcase, a professional madman!
And although people frequently think I’m clinically insane,
I try to behave as normal as I can,
I smile in the sun, and frown in the rain!

People have called me a stark, raving lunatic,
And no matter how well I behave,
The opinion seems to stick,
And I’m left with no dignity that I can save.

Sure I have moments where I laugh hysterically,
But that doesn’t make me psychotic, technically!

Sure I say things I may not really mean,
But it’s not a situation that few others have seen!

Sure there are times when I uncontrollably cry,
But it’s not a reason to leave me where I lie!

Sure I sometimes do things out of the ordinary,
But that’s no reason to send me to an infirmary!

Sure I see things differently from others,
But that’s no reason to get the shudders!

No matter what I do or what I say,
People don’t see things my way,
And at the end of the day,
I’m left where I lay!

A certified scrambled brain,
I’m always branded insane!

-Aviv Nair
11/8/2008