BEAR

i am a cute cuddly bipolar bear
i live my life on my small iceberg
i drift through the water alone
my mother left me when i was a cub
my brothers and sisters are all sick in the head
my father is dead

my fur is so nice and soft
but no one pets it
the cold winds graces my face
but this bipolar bear
doesn't feel anything anymore

i stare at pictures of my family
but i don't see myself in the frames
i used to enjoy spending time with my kids
i used to enjoy spending time with my wife
but now i am away from them, i am alone

i was kicked out of my home
cause impulses made me do bad things
cause i couldn't control myself
BUT NO ONE UNDERSTANDS
consequence was not in my vocabulary
and had no meaning to me

i was searchin for a high
cause i felt so low
no one wants to be alone
depression only magnifys this fear
but no one understands how feelings
can dominate a bipolar bear like myself
making the perception of reality
very very blurry

the sad reality is that
i have a disease, no different from cancer
i am a broken legged dancer
but i look healthy and normal to you
mania is the screwdriver
depression is the screw
BUT NO ONE UNDERSTANDS

i challenge you to live this way
i challenge you to live like this for ONE DAY
go for a walk in my tattered shoes
you wouldn't win, you would surely lose
there is no search party coming for your rescue

so days have gone by
i have lost a lot of weight
i pray that my iceberg melts at a faster rate
i pray that i will meet my fate
with a date with a frigid sea
that will turn me into stone
which is the way i feel inside constantly

Tags: Bi Polar Depression Poem

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