Dizygotic

A poem addressed to the mania and depression packaged with my bipolar disorder.

Come now, have a seat and listen.

Blank the omission and give to submission.

Scoot closer now, and fight the repel.

Eyes on your brother, both in heaven and in hell.

Who begat who?

Who fits both shoes?

Who flashes the red, and who flushes the blue?

Whose lies need no rest?

Whose truths fight the behest?

Ferment the blood in the veins of your beer.

Take my hand, take the lead, and take me through a mirror.

What do you see in sight of the feel?

How to obtain what’s wrong and what’s real?

A sibling rivalry.

A noose in sobriety.

A palid crucible to host all five of me.

Your marrow curdles and your bones stand still.

Waiting by the hour with all time to kill.

Find your eyes, the storm in your iris.

Ignore the lies that spread like a virus.

A sacrifice.

A scalp of lice.

A comb to reveal the scatter in your life.

Come together now, and temper your brother.

Above your crooked brow, you begin to recover.

Make the descent to the floor of your canyon.

Find a vessel that you safely can land in.

The street calls, so pick up the pace.

Winning is enduring, but first place gets first taste.

At the end of your hour, you share the same face.

By the end of your days, you bleed the same fate.

Grow old together now, and weave your torn helix.

Punch a ticket home, and plead your worn remix.

For there is no goodbye, when there is no more lie.

So face the moon in peace, knowing that you tried.

One without the other?

One without your brother?

Be one to bear the smother.

We’ll suffocate together, cozy beneath the covers.

Author's Note

Is it clear that mania and depression are dizygotic (fraternal) twins?

Reviews

[emmajoygreen]

There has to be an academic assessment as to the mental, physical and spiritual power of the two beings, surely? Also a human being is unique no matter the genes, ova etc. Perhaps the minds contest, one wanting or needing to be the most advanced, but isn't necessarily the first born into the world. Research is still ongoing, has been for many years.

Fine writing, informative, a nudge into the power of language and its lessons.

BUT a response would be appreciated!

[Neha agrawal]

This is deeply evocative and rich with metaphor ,a layered, almost mythic meditation on duality, guilt, identity, and the haunting pull of family (or perhaps self).
Amazing work and keep writing 😊