"Take One Tablet Daily"
This tiny orange bottle is the downfall and the uphill
It’s the mini medication monsoon
It’s the heart attack head ache heart break
Beating broadly on my back
Just like you
It keeps me balanced
Not like an acrobat on tightrope, fighting
Like a strong wind blowing trees
Breezy
Then I forget it
I forget one, two, three
Tiny white tic tac time bomb
And that’s what I am
A bomb
Blood, terrors night
Me, terrors you
Who am I now
I forget my own tune
Tuesday’s traffic accident
Monday’s manic
Bedridden, am I
Sunday, I am human
Flesh, blood, bones and beating heart
I am not a byproduct of depression
I am not a byproduct of disaster
I am full and whole and writing
I am floating on my back in the river by mom’s house
I remembered the tiny “take one tablet daily”
I am not depressed
About the Author
I’m Justyce Regular. I am a full time writer and blogger. My blog focuses a lot on mental health, lifestyle, books and writing. I was diagnosed in 2020 with Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome which put me off work, I was a Nursing Student and Personal Support Worker, but writing was always my number one passion. I started vibesbyj.ca, as I was coming out of the worst mental and physical health crisis I’d ever experienced. Just know that you are not alone and you can overcome this.