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Poem Details
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| Title: | The Symptoms |
| Author: | Dawn Nichol |
| Date Submitted: | 11/8/2007 |
| Email: | nicholda26@yahoo.com |
| Poem: |
I'm trying to explain, I've got this sickness I just can't control the endless bitchiness Do you know what you'll see if you look in my soul? A mind that's a pit and a heart with a hole A mind whose goal is to pull me under Satan pervades, he bustles and plunders I can't slow my thoughts, they race and they zoom I won't let you see this, I'm alone in my room I can't tell you how I'm feeling, you'll think I'm nuts Yet living alone like this has to take guts I'm always chasing and running from myself I can't believe this is my own mental health I make decisions you can't - in the flash of a second Something else is calling me, can't you hear it beckon? My mind is all clouded now, the thoughts coming fast How long do you think this episode will last? I can't go to sleep, my mind just won't quit The mania causes me to yell at you and hit I've come back down now, the depression sets in How long can I go on when there's no way I can win? The darkness envelopes me, I just want to die You ask how I'm doing, I tell you a lie How do I admit to you I'm scared When weakness that permeates has me ensnared? I trudge on to live through another dark, lonely day As I try to keep this madness in it's unfeeling bay... |