bipolar disorder, as defined by Merriam-Webster, means: any of several psychological disorders of mood characterized by alternating episodes of depression and mania
Your compliment stings like the passive aggressive insults floating around my brain when I turn
cold like the drink I spilled when you triggered my brain with the sound of your laughter
my soul burns red with the embarrassment your stretched patience demands me to feel
so that the windy breath from your comforting lips freezes me in my shame
and now I burn with regret as my alarm sounds for my meds
and everyone is reminded of their knowledge that I was born hot and cold again.
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