Delusion of Grandeur
When manic, I think, feel, and act like God—
like Superman, or the world’s savior;
the rush from feeling like a demi-god
makes me believe I am a conqueror,
like another Alexander the Great!
Then I’m flung to the dark abyss of Hell
when my wild moods now suddenly abate,
then rapidly cycle that I can't tell
the bottomless and profound lows (which start
from these ecstatic, Olympian highs)
from these peaks which then make me fall apart
as this dark disorder intensifies:—
delusions of grandeur of my bipolar
go from these highs to these states of dolor!
Copyright © Ngoc Nguyen | Year Posted 2015
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