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Poem Details
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| Title: | Sonnet: |
| Author: | Ngoc Nguyen |
| Date Submitted: | 3/29/2018 |
| Email: | ngoc.m.nguyen@cox.net |
| Poem: |
When manic, I think, feel and act like God— like Superman or the world’s savior; the rush from feeling like a demi-god makes me believe I am a conqueror, like another Alexander the Great! Then I’m flung to the dark abyss of hell when my wild moods now suddenly abate and rapidly repeat that I can't tell the infinite and bottomless lows apart from the sheer, ecstatic, Olympian highs. These shifts in mood (so subtly fine) outsmart me as my disorder intensifies. Most of my life is spent between these two extremes—what would you do if it were you? ... |