When I Am Up (for Mental Health Month)

When I Am Up (for Mental Health Month)

A Poem by thoughtsFromB4
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A poem about the ups and downs of Bipolar

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When I am up, every sky is a boundless, cloudless expanse of brilliantly blinding blue.


When I am up, I am William the Conqueror and William Shakespeare and William Jennings Bryan all in one.


When I am up, life is an eternity of perfect days punctuated by soul-shaking truths at every turn.


When I am up, every person I meet is a fount of infinite expectations.


When I am up, my momentous happiness is so moment-to-moment that if I look away for but an instant I might miss it all.


When I am up, I cannot turn away. I am a moth to the flame. I am Icarus. I am entranced by my own fire’s burning ballet. I am ablaze.


When I am up, I feel the gravity of every instant, weighing me down with the weight of it all as I struggle not to fall back to reality.


When I am up, I am alone. I am adrift on my sea of ideas -- in search of my white whale, trying to stay within the white lines, staring into the glaring white light-- without hope of rescue.


When I am up, I must come down…

© 2024 thoughtsFromB4


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(When I am up, I must come down…) How I wish this were not the way it is....but it is.....I too know and understand, ~Sharon

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Added on May 7, 2024
Last Updated on May 7, 2024
Tags: mental health, support, bipolar, poem, love