He does the shakes,
    shimmers and twist.
But all the doctors just
    call them tics.

His head jerks one way,
    his shoulders another.
At first his eyes blinked
    but there were others.

His self esteem was gone
    and he became depressed.
How were we to know
    never the less.

He followed the directions
    and done what was told.
It’s like something came along
    and took hold of his soul.

He became a different person
    as a matter of fact.
With all these meds
    it put him off track.

He fought with his brothers
    and had mean out bursts.
They said “He’d get better”
    but he only got worse.

“Let’s try more meds”
    is all they could say.
Why not try something different
    and throw them away.