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The Hardest Thing

November 15, 2018
By AFishFishing SILVER, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
AFishFishing SILVER, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
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The hardest thing I’ve ever had to do

Was tell my mother I am bipolar

The easiest

Was that I didn’t want help


I don’t know about you

But the vicious volatility

Of a disease that makes you

Daring, Droll and Depressed

All in the same sentence

Doesn’t send sickening shivers

Down my spine


Yes I understand the grave consequences

A grave should my mind dull my senses

I won’t take advice from someone to repaint my fences

If I do I won’t see life through the same lenses

And no, It’s not that I’m apprehensive

It’s that the intensive offensive tension

is dug into my mind like senseless trenches


Yes I am a skipping record that needs a rework

No I can’t remember the last time I felt great

Yes silence fills many gaps in my life

No it is not digging me a deeper grave


But I’m getting better

It’s getting easier

I’ll get there;

I’ll go where

Getting better is

Up there


The author's comments:

This poem is about me when I was struggling with my personal life and my depression. It was a large roadblock that was in my way for quite some while, and I'm more than thankful for everyone who helped me get past it.


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