Mania

Made me scream "I'm Jesus"
when my mother called the cops.
I was not scared;
I did not think I was crazy.

Got in fights
with Beloved,
thought I was sweating glitter
and wanted to learn of Buddha.

Two weeks later, "I'm Isis!!!"
No. You are Type 1 Bipolar.
Lost my Love, lost my parents' trust,
went to two hospitals:
one behavior, one mental.

Each time in an obsession of Beloved,
I'd write his name in
a sketchbook,
draw rainbows: God promised
after every storm.