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Poem Details
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| Title: | Sonnet: “The Bipolar Blues” |
| Author: | Ngoc Nguyen |
| Date Submitted: | 4/19/2018 |
| Email: | ngoc.m.nguyen@cox.net |
| Poem: |
Wild with unbounded energy tonight, I eschew my meds until I can hear the frightful voices trumpet in my ear, now haunting me into the dead of night as I transform into a monstrous sight; a version of myself that I most fear when mania overtakes me — oh, dear God! Why am I accursed with this dire plight!? Life with bipolar disorder seems tragic — it's like a trial by fire, a hard test; at times this dark disease makes me frantic with madness, rapture, and profound unrest that's so vile that I turn full-blown manic— and thus I'm o'erwhelmed and under arrest! ... |