Eileen Manassian Poet Rhyme

Bipolar Musings

I’m either really high up
Or really low down
Never just simply breathing

I’m either ecstatic
Or simply just tragic
Never quite really middling 

It’s either blazing light
Or inky dark night
Never a morning or evening

I’m either fully alive
Or I’m living dead
Never just simply existing

I’ve a mountain top life
Or one mired in the trench
Never level ground trekking

Burning with passion
Or freezing in hurt
Never just lukewarm caring

I’m either in love
Or sizzling with hate
I’m never really just flirting 

I’m Aphrodite one day
Then Medusa the next
Never just simply acting

You are either my friend
Or sworn enemy
Never just simply mingling

I’m either in heaven
Or tormented in hell
Never just purgatoring

I wish that my life
Were more even keeled
Cause this is just schizophrening

I’m either oddly insane
Or I’m sweetly inane
For a normal life I'm longing

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Timothy Hicks May 19, 2013 at 12:57 AM Well thanks for letting me know of this piece... fits your personality to a tee! I like how you describe how you wanna find a middle ground to just relax. I like to think I'm very passionate as well... though when my soul leans more towards the negative or the angry you probably won't know about it cause I can't normally express myself in that sense (at least coherently). Perhaps in writing, but not in person to person conversation...

Richard Lamoureux March 30, 2013 at 7:09 AM I grew up in this environment, my dad was either super high or super low and some days he could alternate more than once. My grandma suffered as well. I am very fortunate to be very consistent in mood but I do have an intimate perspective of people who suffer from this disorder.you have described it brilliantly. Eileen Manassian March 30, 2013 at 7:10 AM Thanks, Richard! Just so we are clear...I'M NOT BIPOLAR! I'm just very...intense! Got a poem like that coming up....SOUP MAIL! :)

Ilene Bauer December 3, 2012 at 3:37 PM you've expressed this very well and made your feelings crystal clear - nice job! Eileen Manassian December 3, 2012 at 9:53 PM Thanks, Ilene! Always a pleasure to hear from you! I love it that we share the same name. :)

Mark Goodson December 3, 2012 at 12:33 PM Bless your heart. My daughter-in-law is the same way. I love her dearly but some days I do declare what in the world is that girl a thinking. Eileen Manassian December 3, 2012 at 12:41 PM I struggle with depression. Some mood swings, but I'm not bipolar. I don't have the mania side, but sometimes......I do wish I could just be "normal" and not so intense. ;) Thanks for the post. People who are bipolar need a whole lot of love and PATIENCE! :) Thanks for the post!