Fountainhead: a pantoum I wrote about my diagnosis.
Fountainhead
The stream had broken from its source,
I was ten times higher,
Genetics as they were,
Of developing bipolar.
I was ten times higher
Which immediately set me apart
Developing bipolar,
Beautiful, bubbling brook.
This immediately set me apart
From other babies,
Beautiful, bubbling brook.
The first-born bawler.
Different from other babies
Time lapsed
The first-born bawler
Informed as I grew.
Time lapsed,
Alluring stories from my mother
Informed as I grew,
Sepia photos merged into colour.
Alluring stories from her mother
Genetics as they were
Sepia photos merged into colour
The stream had broken from its source.
About the Creator
Alyson Smith
Neurodivergent, working-class writer and artist diagnosed with Bipolar. Based in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. MA in Creative Writing. Currently waitressing while finishing my novel.
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