The Banana Peel of Death

Some night I’ll drink one too many glasses of wine and take one too many sleeping pills.
Just have a feeling.
Is it suicide then? Not sure. The Magic 8 Ball says Conditions Cloudy. Check Later.
The older I get the more it seems plausible; so many whose deaths were ruled as accidental were really not so. Maybe [...]

The Sharpest Knife

Sharp serrated insidious
Foolish mind and heart
Believed the pain was gone for good
Again I feel it start
The daily choices made by me
Keening call of quiet dark
No one who can listen
Or thinks it’s but a lark
I watched my father leave here
My mind shaded even before
This horror show just added
A new act to the floor
I watched a dearest [...]

bi-polar in a straight world

So today I spent two hours at the Social Security offices followed by four hours at Washoe County Mental Health.
Decided to try and accomplish two odious tasks in one day.
This is to make up for a serious crash and burn that occurred during the prior 48 hours.
Naturally neither venue provided a satisfactory answer to any [...]