lunacy

[metaphorliteral]

Insanity is the indispensible catalyst of genius.
In that case, it's no wonder I'm inspired.
I try to keep my crazy under wraps and make no fuss,
but I'm the reason psychiatrists have retired.

I've claimed to be a lunatic since I was young,
sleeping with the full moon's light on my face.
It wasn't till my teenage years the trap was sprung.
Bipolar disorder's like running an uphill race:
it's exhausting and disheartening.
 
                                                       There's no way to succeed
and sometimes it takes all I've got to stay in one place.
So if you feel you're going nuts, you'd better take heed:
losing your mind is like being lost in outer space.
Perhaps to someone miles away you twinkle like a star
but you're stuck out here, and any help comes from too far.