Tear Up

 

Why do I tear up

Just at a thought

They say I'm bipolar

I'm trapped, seems I'm caught

 

Emotions in 'normals'

Swing up and swing down

But mine can hit ceilings

Or crash to the ground

 

Compared on a 10 scale

'Normals' are 4

But mine can reach 10

(yes, that's six times more)

 

So why do I tear up

Just at a thought?

'Cause I'm then at 5

While you're still at nought

 

Don Matthews August 2019

 

(BIPOLAR DISORDER – Imbalance of chemicals in brain. Born with it. No cure. Extreme mood swings. Controlled with medications. Often very creative. Stephen Fry, Spike Milligan, Robin Williams (suicide), Vincent Van Gogh, Ernest Hemingway (suicide), Virginia Woolf (suicide), Mariah Carey, Brian Wilson, Jimmi Hendrix)