Bipolar
I sank so low, I settled on the oceans floor
No mammal no fish
I had no wants not one wish
I wanted to keep sinking more
I have explored here before
No one else wanted to go
The depths so very low
Yet I kept sinking more
I wasn't down there long enough
I usually would come up
Just to get some air,
Then sink back down in despair
I would rather live down there below
Cause low is all I know
Everybody I ever had around
Slowly I dragged them down
I was just starting to cope
With possibly losing my father
I gave up hope,and
assumed my love would find another
Drowning,in the lowest part of the ocean
Is where I discovered my mother
I put my arms and legs in motion
I swam as fast as I could
She had to recover
She was who I needed she understood
My spirit was about to leave
And leave my love alone with grief
Then suddenly I got some relief
Standing firmly on land
Someone reached and grabbed my hand
She pulled me to shore
I held my mother
I thought how I made them suffer
My wife alone to walk the earth
And the scar on my mother,from the day of my birth
My wife began to weep
And asked for me to explain
I kissed her and told her
I'm sorry I left you astray
I found my mother
she was down there beside me
We stood above her and told her
we loved her
She must of drowned a long time ago
Quit was kept so no one would know
How she truly believed none of us cared
that is a feeling that both of us shared
My mother drowned so I can live
It's the only way she can answer my questions
My wife prayed for strength from up above
It had to go to this extent
For my whole life to make sense
My mother never felt any of our love
She was down there feeling exactly the same
We were both trying to switch the blame
I had to sink to as low as could be
For me to understand people love me
She new how to love but a different way to show it
She drowned so I can live on
Life will be better now that I know it
My wife can rest assured
I can love her the way she deserves
Now the feelings are no longer hidden behind a veil
Resentments are finally gone
And life can move on.
Unconditional love will prevail
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Copyright © Mark Brucato | Year Posted 2014
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