Upon this ledge, my soul stood staring
Tired of the cries of injustice blaring
Needing to quiet my thoughts before I lose my sanity
There’s too much greed, cruelty, and vanity
Darkness threatens to overtake me
Daily I fight the demons within for all to see
Some days I feel like letting them win
Perhaps it would be easier to just give in
Tango with the monsters inside my brain
Let them sing that haunting refrain
At least I’d always have someone to talk to
The needs of the one outweigh the needs of the few
But somehow I find strength within
Each day, I let that fight inside me begin
He helps me get through each day
He’s with me always, every step of the way
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Comments on: "Quoth My Bi-Polar, Nevermore" (22)
Nice poem! … Also I love your sites tag line , so capturing!
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Thank you so much! 🙂 Yeah, that line makes me laugh too. It was the default when I set my page up. I thought about changing it, but the more I thought about it, the more it grew on me and I decided to keep it as is.
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Haha! Nice decision… 😝
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Thanks! All five dentists are grateful for your support. 😉
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Haha … 😊
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😉
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Quoth the Raven: and it is tough inside the dark raven skull of what sometimes seems to be an endless night. But when we waken to the light and everything shines nice and bright then we know that all is right and we’ll go back to dark night — nevermore.
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Poe was my inspiration for this. I love reading his work from time to time.
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He is a great poet and I think the Raven is marvelous. Such rhythm and that croaking voice …
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Indeed! He was full of such talent! I read Tell Tale Heart for Forensics in high school. I got his complete works for Christmas one year, need to delve into it more. Next on my wish list is Shakespeare.
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Back to Cervantes and Don Quixote for me: I haven’t read it for two years now. Time to read it again. I’ll put it by my bed and read a chapter a night five days a week. That way I’ll finish it in 24 weeks. Maybe, just maybe, I should analyze and commentate it on the blog. Now that WOULD be interesting …
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Indeed it would! I’d likely try Sherlock Holmes in mine. I’ve been reading Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s tales about the infamous detective.
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This brought memory.
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And how do you cope with your inner demons?
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Writing. If i could I would write all day but my body reminds me of the limitations. I am only human lol
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As we all are and it is good to get out into the world and experience things. But, yes, writing is such a powerful aid to help us through dark times.
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The outside world doesn’t understand me and I gave up on trying to understand it
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No one will ever fully understand another, but it is essential that we do our best to keep trying to do the best we can to let people in and be willing to get to know others. You’re doing well so far, just by opening up to us online is a huge step forward.
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You are right
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🙂
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My wife recently got diagnosed with bipolar and I’ve been looking for some poetry that she could read and feel connected to. This is definitely it.
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I hope that this will help her!!!! And, I am here to listen if she ever needs support. Having people to talk to that can relate sometimes helps.
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