lithium sunset (7/96)
i was asleep for so long
locked away in my own soul asylum
never allowing the sun to touch
my face
alone in the most desperate sense
never blinking my eyes
always staring straight ahead
so caught up in my own web
of self-deception, hatred
and cursing my ill-fated destiny
which seemed inevitable for so
long
now the sun shines down on me
smiling a lithium sunset;
i’m alive!
newborn from the womb of depression