AS A BEAR… WE ARE BEAUTIFUL. IN OUR MANIA ONLY FROM A DISTANCE.

AS LIGHTNING ELECTROCUTES A MOUNTAIN TOP… THE FOREST FIRE BEGINS.

AND I AM THAT FIRE AND SOMETIMES I AM ICE.

STILL MANIC DEPRESIVE ANGELS ARE LOVED ONLY FROM A DISTANCE.

WE BREAK EVEN THE STRONGEST TIDE.

AND I CRIED… AS ALONE AS I WAS ON A BUSY STREET.

I LIVED IN SHELTERS AND HOSPITALS.

THE BROKEN RECORD OF PSYCHIATRY…

"TRY THIS PILL… TAKE THAT PSYCHO THERAPY"

RIPPING DOWN MY FACE.

MOLDED BY OPINIONS.

STIFLED BY THERAPEUTIC TACTICS.

RIPPING MY GUTS OUT… BLEEDING MY HEART DRY.

LOOK AWAY… NO EYE CONTACT… THEY ONLY VANISH LIKE CAMOFLOUSE.

TRUST A DOCTOR… LOVE HIM FROM A DISTANCE AND HE TELLS YOU GOOD-BYE

"YOU'RE DISMISSED"

I WAS DUST AMONG THE ASHES

…BATTERED BY THE WIND…

ERASED WITH TIME.

COVERED OVER BY SYMBOLIC VOLCANOS…

AS MY SOUL IS COVERED BY LAVA, MOLTEN, ROCK.

CRASHING DOWN LIKE AN OLD BUILDING WITH A WRECKING BALL.

I FIGHT EACH DAY TO WARD OFF THE EMPTY SHELL OF DEPRESSION.

I FIGHT EACH DAY…

I FIGHT MYSELF IN THE MIRROR.

SELF HATRED DIGGING DEEPER LIKE A COAL MINE THAT SHUT OUT OXYGEN.

ONLY POCKETS OF AIR TO PULL ME THROUGH.

PANIC SETS IN… "OH YOU NEED A KLONOPIN"

"OH YOU NEED A MENTAL HEALTH HOLD"

MY ODDITIES EXPLOITED

MY LAUGHTER SPOILED BY EMPTY EMERGENCY ROOM COLDNESS.

STRIPPED OF MY CLOTHS AND PUT A GUARD IN THE DOORWAY.

TELL ME TO FOLD THE PAPER IN HALF.

SPELL WORLD BACKWARDS… WRITE A SENTENCE

AND IDENTIFY THE PRESIDENT

THE DATE

THE TIME

THE LOCATION.

AS IF STUPIDITY REPLACED THE CREATIVE GENIUS.

YOU WRITE DOWN MY DEMEANER AS YOU SEE IT.

SAY I LOOK "UNKEMPT… EMOTIONALLY LABILE"

YOU SEE WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE.

I GIVE YOU YOUR SHOW FOR FREE.

IN MY BACKLESS GOWN AND BOOTIES.

24 HOUR HOLD… 72 HOUR HOLD… CERTIFICATION.

LOSS OF FREEDOM… LOSS OF FAITH.

AFFLICTED BY COUNSELORS AND BURDONED BY REPEDITIVE GROUPS.

IT'S MY SPIRIT… STOLEN AND MUTILATED

4 POINTS

ATIVAN

SIDEROOMS

THE PLIGHT OF THE BIPOLAR BEAR.

KINDRA CONNELL!