Life With Sertraline

Alone

With a myriad of thoughts

Spinning around my mind

Clock radio displays

2:58 am.

 

Trying to avoid

Any thoughts

About my body

And what it's experiencing

With Sertraline.

 

Latest wave

Of sharp abdominal pain

Cuts through me

Taking my breathe away.

 

Sadly

Berlin isn't playing

Their song

From the Top Gun soundtrack.

 

Rather

My GI tract is

Vigorously protesting

Punctuated by

Deep baritone burps

And toxic farts.

 

Am surprised

The cats haven't left me

Or filed court papers

Seeking redress

For personal injuries

And suffering.

 

Although

I could write more

About my other side-effects

I won't.

 

Too much time

And ink

Lost to depression

And anxiety

Sertraline was suppose

To deal with

But worsen things.

Author's Note

Originally written, September 3, 2014.

If I could, I would stop taking Sertraline, in a heartbeat, but it's too risky, given the long list of side-effects.