“Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them.” Charles Simic

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Struggle

For those who suffer from Bipolar Disorder and other Mental Health Disorders

Courtesy wallpaperpassion.com


I struggle
        to be me
        to be free
        to breathe

This pressure in my mind
stifles any sense of productivity

I am
        suffocating
        at times
        then
        lifeless
        to the world

Depressed one minute
Manic the next

Mostly the former

I struggle
        almost daily

And yet I must keep moving forward
lest I dash my foot upon a rock

Would that be so bad?
Perhaps not

Doesn’t make the struggle
        any less of a struggle

So I wait
        and see what the morrow brings

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