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My daddy was bipolar
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My daddy was bipolar |
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inkedgoddess Member Rara Avis
since 2002-11-19
Posts 7392Ohio 
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my daddy was bipolar such a beautiful madness its flight became his possession he owned it and wore it with passion allowing it to override life's conformity which he never was one to follow anyhow in its glory hed soar then disappear behind the window that would open when he had his episodes for days at time doing his wild thing i can understand why he'd stop the lithium - it balanced him so he could do things like collect tolls and inhale bad fumes on the triboro bridge and dream of flying and think of his oppressive childhood of plastic couches and little hugtime and immigrant parents that had funny names that kids would make fun of and then those immigrant parents disowned his brother for marrying a woman of another color he was good at his madness but i felt shame growing up cause i had the loco daddy but when he died i understood wouldnt you go mad when you could and then just blame it on the disease |
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bbent Senior Member
since 2001-01-07
Posts 521Alaska |
pretty raw and real...although highly personal and original makes me think of that angie baby line'isn't it nice to be insane,nobody asks you to explain. Live like it's your last day... |
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Sunshine
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since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
So very close to home, this is...  |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
wouldnt you go mad when you could and then just blame it on the disease I believe so, Michele... M |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Hugs to you, it's an affliction I know within my own immediate family. *sigh* Thanks for sharing this, for it sure rings true. |
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LeeJ Member Patricius
since 2003-06-19
Posts 13296 |
I'm in awe...you have depicted the realness and bitter tastes of life, in it's own person...and yet...there is empathy for his plight, the courage in you is tremendous |
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Gentle Spirit Member Patricius
since 2000-10-09
Posts 13989 |
This rings loudly and with truth Michelle, and I have known this in my family too. Hugs. |
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Dark Stranger Member Patricius
since 2001-03-19
Posts 13631West Coast |
ms inky what did they call it before they had a name hell I make em think I am out there too hmmm maybe I am oh well works for me and this poem did too |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida |
You said it right, you said it true. Manic Depressive, not an easy thing to live with. You did good to come out with the empathy and love you show for him despite the hard times. best marty |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
"Crazymakers"....DS...they call 'em "Crazymakers" |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
a friend of mine is bipolar, so I understand a little of what you feel...only a little because we're not really close now like we used to be...I blame that on the disease |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Michelle I grew up with it too...from both my father and my brother. |
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RSWells Member Elite
since 2001-06-17
Posts 2533 |
Given the choice of being a doped up zomboid so you can fall in step with all who consider themselves "normal" or allowing emotional, creative and/or imaginative juices to flow (even with the occasional toll of being a paranoic shut-in) I'd still prefer the former. Van Gogh would have been a forgotten hay farmer, Weldon Kees a taxi driver, Vivian Leigh a housewife and Robin Williams an annoying neighbor. Hope to hear more about father. Poets against the war is redundant |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
nodding understanding here  |
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choshi Senior Member
since 2004-01-01
Posts 1184New York |
Wow!!! You put your heart out beautifully, sensitively and poignantly, but without self-indulgence....me likes,,,,,~P |
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GG Member Elite
since 2002-12-03
Posts 3532Lost in thought |
Yep, I do get this... Such compassion and understanding in your words here. amazing...Always, Alyssa He was a man of sorrows |
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Red Dreams Member
since 2005-01-09
Posts 90massachusetts |
this is beautiful. i'm always wishing i had a disease to blame, or at least a disease for the placebo of it - to hide in maddness for weeks at a time |
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bklynboy Senior Member
since 2002-12-15
Posts 660florida |
Thanks for sharing! |
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coyote Senior Member
since 2001-03-17
Posts 1077 |
I can relate, Michelle. There is no true order in the world and..... "The Moment" is always upon me. Billy 8) "If at first an idea is not absurd, there is no hope for it." |
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vandana
since 1999-10-22
Posts 10463USA |
good read  |
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inkedgoddess Member Rara Avis
since 2002-11-19
Posts 7392Ohio |
thanks for stopping by,adding a thought, showing some compassion and the human touch; always much appreciated by me |
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