it’s a speedball
an acid rush
the distilled rays of the sun
burned into my retinas
fusing the membrane
and flooding my head
with a rainbow song
then I’m a supernova
I’m a lightning strike
an atomic bomb
I’m the Empire State
and the monster Kong
I’m a gushing torrent
a tidal wave
I’m a rattlesnake
with a diamond back
I’m the seventh son
I’m a maniac
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I don't like this. I love it!! So full of allusions to such powerful imagery and ideas!!! The last four lines especially would make a great chorus for a hard-rockin' song Excellent John!!
ReplyDeleteThe up side of bi-polarity is that every now and then you get to feel like the chosen one. Better than any drug - that high borders on the edge of being dangerous, but I still love it when it happens.
Deleteloved it..so lyrical, being high brings out the song...isn't it...
ReplyDeleteIt certainly does Praveen - better fun than my usual dark dirges
DeleteFabulous!!! You captured exaclty how it feels when I have a manic episdoe,that all encompassing rush + power! It very true that no drug can ever match it for wired adrenalin as surges through me
ReplyDeleteThe extremities are something you just can't explain to people Bethany - they think they know - they even romanticise manic depression, but it's one hell of a roller coaster at times. I can be quite a handful when I'm high.
DeleteCouldnt agree more,they have no concept of what it is like,it is hugely romatancised by those who dont know,it's a very rose tinted view.I know when I'm high I'm definitely a force of nature + that hardfor others cope with.I guesss the one thing is that with our rollercoaster moods we have variety,even if the down times can be extremely hard to cope with,but never dull!
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