Mania Poems
Lost
by Helen Brownell
She could lose herself rounding the corner
Rounding a number, rounding up kids
In the embrace of a man,
A manic monologue, a new baby
She could find a melody and hold onto it for seconds at a time
Searching for true notes and faltering
Until she remembered
What she was supposed to be doing
......
Mania and Monsters
by Christine Kuruvilla
Restless nights, restless nights,
I lay awake in bed.
Mania distorts the thoughts in my head,
Darkness wraps around me—
while they sleep like the dead.
It torments me,
Paints me in a thousand hues,
Prodding at the buried bruise,
That keeps me wide awake in bed.
......
Lost
by Helen Brownell
She could lose herself rounding the corner
Rounding a number, rounding up kids
In the embrace of a man,
A manic monologue, a new baby
She could find a melody and hold onto it for seconds at a time
Searching for true notes and faltering
Until she remembered
What she was supposed to be doing
......
Mania and Monsters
by Christine Kuruvilla
Restless nights, restless nights,
I lay awake in bed.
Mania distorts the thoughts in my head,
Darkness wraps around me—
while they sleep like the dead.
It torments me,
Paints me in a thousand hues,
Prodding at the buried bruise,
That keeps me wide awake in bed.
......
