Tag: Bipolar
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Battlefield

This poem was first published on July 10, 2016, concerning life with mental illness. Inside this tent a battlefield,A war that rages on,voices cryout, “Give up! You’ve lost!”A whisper says, “Be Strong.”And while conflict’s barrage echoes stillinside this private place,Be not surprised, below my eyes,to see a smiling face.A warrior, wounded, battered, scarred, the stories I…