Lithium Equilibrium
LITHIUM EQUILIBRIUM
“All Apologies” to Kurt Cobain
this drug is decidedly an undeserving
song depicting a drug you avoid to obtain
logically-- wisely your ‘sanity’ preserving
People and places—intensely uninteresting
social withdrawal-- avoiding all feelings
bipolar depression is a flat hollow distancing
irritable, paranoid, humorless empty meanings
High is magnificent with shooting stars
certain your influence will captivate others
sensuality persistent –seduction a candy-bar
power, elation, financials lacking structure
Inevitably—ideas, actions swirl out of control
overwhelming confusion replaces reality—sanity
irritable and frightened, approaching another pole
as the madness successfully carves its own reality
Back to Lithium-- rotating on a matching planet
same pace as all the other boredom out there
the basis of rational thought— cold living granite
unable to tap into creativity, trapped but aware
Copyright © Kim Van Breda | Year Posted 2013
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