sometimes I don't take my pills so that I can feel angry,
bipolar disorder is a fickle illness, stretching your emotions from one extremes to another
as much as these extremes can be taxing, feeling nothing is worse
yes my pills make me feel level, but they don't make me feel anything else
even though being angry isn't the best emotion, it's the easiest one to achieve
the frustration I face from the constant anxiety easily triggers my temper
although it affects the people around me, it brings me peace
I finally feel normal, I finally feel free from the vice grip my pharmaceutical dependence has me in
I finally feel human
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gas station flowers
Poesiacoming of age poetry by a queer young adult writer. navigating relationships and the coming out process. peak inside the mind of a young woman with a mental illness.
