Prejudice

When I tell you I'm bipolar does it change how you think of me?
Do you automatically class me as looney or belonging to Section 3?
Does the idea of mania scare you or does melancholy make you fret?
Do you stereotype and forget who I am inside?
Yes I have mood swings, yes I can be sad,
but does that make me stark raving mad?
Am I a lesser person because I take pills?
Surely you can see that helps me pay my bills.
When I have bad days or slip down the slope,
do you walk away or treat it as a joke?
Will you see that it is something you can't fully understand
until you've walked a mile in my proverbial shoes?
I will not judge you but will you judge me?
You can choose.