Imagine a Serenade when
the Mind is in a Slump
Depression in the form of vertigo
Is sickness, mental illness in the shape
Of sucking whirlpools. It comes in tow
With apathy like quicksand. It’s not rape
Quite, unwanted, in slow motion.
The suffocation is a prison cell
Located in a trough in the ocean.
It’s an almost open gateway to hell.
Because escape is possible, it’s more
Like Purgatory. New hope is implied
That treated choice can gesture to a door
When lithium’s uplifting hand’s applied,
Or when the force of plain free will at last
Revives and hammers purpose to the mast.
~ Phillip Whidden
by phillipw | Oct 14, 2019 | DE, ME |