A Somber Solace
The crickets chirp outside the window sill;
The night wind gently rustles through the leaves.
The fireflies dance; the moonlight paints the hills.
with manic mind, I walk amidst cool, night breeze.
Oh Mania, so euphoric and free,
Do you seek to protect or to destroy?
Such creative gifts you have given me;
Depression seeks to steal from me in ploy.
This plateau becomes my somber solace;
I walk this night preparing to face the beast,
That lurks in the stygian depths of madness;
I shiver. The winds, now torrent, blow East.
This sinister prison that is my mind,
Embraces me, in its clutches confined.
-- Amanda Currier
About this poem
This poem is a depiction of the life of a bipolar person. I hope this helps people to understand what a person living with this disease deals with.
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Written on January 03, 2023
Submitted by akcurrier on February 03, 2023
Modified on March 14, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 627 |
Words | 126 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 2, 1 |
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