Medicate.

By Pride Ed

Borderline in an almost oneiric fashion of
Sleepwalking in an invisible, yet hissing fire;
This personification of a hellish realm of 
Compulsions to the unknown.

So I use this hourglass to count away
Obsessive invalidation as a victim
Of a lonely depressive.

As lonely as I, maybe?
But also as fake as a narcissistic smile
In the shape of a crescent moon.

"Hello, La Luna,"
Whispered I in grave disintegration. 
"Your lullaby has failed again just like
The pills that fall from your eyes
In streams of liquid silver."

Manic fades with artificial thoughts
Of glass silhouettes that cinder out to
Make a vast pile of ashes an arsonist could never produce.

It was the sun putting an end to my paralysis,
But was I still just a marionette pulled by unseen chains?
I'm still in a nightmare marked by demons non-existent
That even lithium can't cure.
But what is that to the bottle laughing next to me?

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Copyright 2014 Pride Ed
Published on Sunday, June 15, 2014.     Filed under: "Depressed" and "Poetry"

Author's Note:

Originally published in Word on Main. Vol 2, Issue 1. October 4, 2010.
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  • A former member wrote: what a brilliant poem

  • Pride Ed On Monday, November 17, 2014, Pride Ed (107)By person wrote:

    Thanks so much! ^_^

  • Dark Chocolate On Wednesday, September 3, 2014, Dark Chocolate (18)By person wrote:

    Perfect sense of writing. :) "If winter comes can spring be far behind." Happiness, sadness, excitement, etc all are effects of drug itself, stimulated with release of chemicals in one's own mind. :)

  • Pride Ed On Tuesday, September 23, 2014, Pride Ed (107)By person wrote:

    Thank you so much for reading. I am very gld youhave enjoyed this poem. C:

  • A former member wrote: Amazing style, such an inteligence is visible in so wisely selection of words. Pure talent.

  • Pride Ed On Tuesday, September 23, 2014, Pride Ed (107)By person wrote:

    Thanks! I always thought of this one being one of my weaker poems, so I am very happy to recieve a comment like this. :)

  • Dark Unicorn On Monday, June 16, 2014, Dark Unicorn (49)By person wrote:

    A beautiful take on substance ingestion by you Pride,and in my interpretation,bipolar disorder too it seems.I absolutely loved the imagery in this.You are truly talented.

  • Pride Ed On Monday, June 16, 2014, Pride Ed (107)By person wrote:

    Thank you. I actually wrote this during a really bad time in my life. As my life went to hell, I watched others who were on meds just spiral out of control. It was bad times for everyone. D:

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