Hope You Don't Mind

This poem includes several lines from a song with the same title.

This verse includes some lines from a song.
I hope you don't mind...

I hope you don't mind if I spill my pain,
The longer that I don't feels like I'm goin' insane;
Can I let it all out? Can I let it all out?
As children growing up we trod a fine line,
It felt like it was on us to stop Mum from cryin';
Without getting personal my Mum had issues,
Every drama had her reaching for the tissues;
I tried explaining to my brother at nine,
That it wasn't his fault, and nor was it mine;
I would never have understood at my young age,
That one day l'd find myself on the same page;
See, mental instability is in my genes,
Which is every bit as cruel as it seems;
I recall what it was like to break down at school,
At an age when a kid just wants to be cool;
I pulled out of school early because I couldn't deal,
With the way I felt then - the way I still feel,
But I'd never have believed that they'd wire my brain,
And twelve times deliver a payload of pain,
Or that the current that powered our lights and tv,
Would one day be used to empower me;
And I know you're thinkin' I should keep this to myself,
But I can't, yo, I need it 'cause it helps.