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Title: more than just bipolar
Author: jessica tisdall
Date Submitted: 9/15/2010
Email: tisdall.jessica86@googlemail.com

 
Poem: ADHD,BIPOLAR,EMOTIONALLY UNSTABLE,
WITH EVERY PSYCHIATRIST COMES A DIFFENT LABEL.
TAKE YOUR MOOD STABLIZERS, ANTIDEPRESSANTS,
MEDICATION THAT STEALS MY ESSENCE.

SAD, HIGH, LOW, MAD,
YOU UNDERESTIMATE HOW BAD!.
STAY AWAY FROM THE BOOZE, THE WEED THE HYPE,
BUT TELL ME HOW ELSE TO SLEEP AT NIGHT ?.

I CRAVE TO BE NORMAL, FIT IN WITH THE CROWD,
I DESPISE THAT I''M HYPER AND ALWAYS SO LOUD.
MIXED CYCLE, ANXIETY, MANIA, DEPRESSION,
WITH EVERY EMOTION COMES A VALUABLE LESSON.

PASSION, EXCITMENT TO TOUCH AND TO FEEL,
I DOUBT THESE EMOTIONS I EXPERIENCE ARE REAL.
RANDOM LOVERS, A THRILL, HYPOMANIA,
NO MAN WILL SETTLE WITH THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOUR.

A SENTENCE, A PRISONER OF MY OWN MIND,
BE GENTLE TO YOURSELF TREAT YOURSELF KIND.
STAY STRONG, POSITIVE, MENTALY STABLE,
BUT WITH THIS DISEASE WILL I EVER BE ABLE ?

I''M MORE THAN BIPOLAR I KNOW I CAN BE,
PLEASE SHOW ME THE PATH TO SET MY SOUL FREE.
THIS POEM IS MY EXPRESSIVE CONFESSION.........
I''M A GIRL LIVING WITH MANIC DEPRESSION....