You don’t notice it at first -
your brain speeding up ever so slightly.
Maybe you start talking faster,
not enough for you to notice,
but enough for others to.
Suddenly, your brain starts moving even faster.
Your thoughts start blending together.
You start to speaking rapidly,
but with perfect clarity.
Not slurring the words together as one might expect.
You start to bounce songs around in your head.
Twinkle twinkle little - Rudolph the red nosed – oh say can you see by the…
Then, you make up your own songs,
with a rhythm and rhyme that only makes sense in your head.
All of these thoughts are too much to contain –
they burst out of your mouth like a volcano spewing up nonsense.
You talk and sing until you are breathless,
only pausing to randomly laugh until you cry.
Then, suddenly, as quickly as it came it goes.
Your brain slows down until it is moving at the
speed of molasses, sliding down a hill.
Your body sags, and your bones feel like lead.
Falling to the floor, all you can do is breathe.
In… out… in… out…
You have finally found a steady rhythm.
In… out… in… out…