Fluctulation is a poetic form written for National Poetry Day, 2018 around the subject of change.
Fluctuation
When I am up I am alive
Answer every question, phone call, email
Positive moves forward I strive
Bounce and jump, free I sail
When I am down I hide away
Into bed, into covers, I crawl
Unpeel my skin in disarray
In the darkness, hide, two feet tall
On a high, I paint and draw
Forwards I roll
Content reading, write some more
Ten feet tall
Falling lower, bottom of the glass
Nicotine on hand
Clutter surrounds on mass
Swollen gland’
To the sky, I want to fly
In love with life, I seek romance
Absorb, with joy I cry
Excitement, sing and dance
Fading, grab another beer
Regretting every faceless man I screwed
My confusion, these men sneer
Recalling their attention, lewd
Rising up I demand success
More desired, fight to get there
Onslaught of thoughts, less
Mind ignores the growling bear
Drawing down I pour to the rim
Regretting every joint I ever rolled
Ecstasy pills that made me grin
Narcotics that made me bold
Well again, head is clear
Visions of beautiful sights
Falling down again I fear
Try to control my minds flights
Up, I am positively ruthless
Down, visions of myself toothless
I will push to control my mind
Not to fall, put positives on downwind
Alison Little
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