I wrote this in March of 2022 for World Bipolar Day.

I wear the stigma of a bipolar diagnosis and hide this big secret
This secret has been a part of me since my teens
This secret explains my sometimes uncontrollable insanity
This secret at times robs me of my sleep
This secret has taken me on many fun and lustful adventures
This secret makes me write, write, write
so I don’t want to die, die, die
I keep this secret and take medication for it
But one day, I’ll scream out loud my mental health truth
I’m bipolar 2
I’m not enough to ruin your life but just enough to fuck it up
a little at a time

One thought on “Poetry: My Secret

  1. 👏👏👏 Beautiful. I feel your pain. I felt the same way when I was going through my depression. Yall are pro mental illness until my mental illness makes you feel uncomfortable so you just choose to act like its not there.

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