Joe Dodd

Not one of the happy people of the town
For many years Joe Dodd was mentally down
But last month of his deep sadness he set himself  free
With a rope tied to his neck and the low branch of a tree

Joe now shares the grave of Sam his deceased dad
His widowed mum Lyn in her early eighties the grief has hit her bad
For Joe her only child she is in tears
Such a heartbreaking loss for a mother of her years

Joe in his late forties did not have a partner or wife
Though in his early twenties for a while he had a lover in his life
But she did forsake him when he became mentally unwell
Leaving him to suffer on his own in his mental hell

Joe lived as a good man despite his ghosts of the mind
He never harmed anybody in his ways he was kind
Though despite doctor prescribed medication some of  the loud voices remained in his head
And he reached the conclusion he would be better off dead

Than battling the ghosts in his mind every day
His gift of life he felt he should give away
So with a rope he hung himself from the low branch of a tree
And of his hell on Earth he did set himself free.