Famous People

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Cohen, Leonard, 2006. Book of Longing. Toronto, McClelland & Stewart, 2006.

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Separated p. 133

I was doing something

I don't remember what

I was standing in a place

I don't remember where

I was waiting for someone

but I don't remember who

it was before or it was after

I don't remember when

And suddenly, or gradually

I was removed, I was taken

to this place of reversal

and I was separated

and in the place of every part

there was the name of fear

and for a vast memorial

there was the name of grief

If you know the prayer

for one who has been so dislocated

please say it or sing it

and if there is among the word

an empty space, or among the letters

an orchard of return

please set my name firmly there

with a voice or hand

which only you command

you righteous ones

who are concerned with such matters

But hurry please

for all the parts of me

that gathered briefly around this plea

are dispersed again

and scattered on the Other Side

where angels stand upside down

and everything is covered in dust

and everyone burns with shame

and no one is allowed to cry out

I find it sad that we tent to look to famous people to make us feel "better" there is a big difference between them and me, they have the finacial resouces to find the best therapy and do not have to worry about paying for the medication and therapy costs. If they need some time off and want to take a couple of weeks or months to find peace, they can. I work, and not many of my bosses would understand or tolerate needing time off for mental health.
When I am depressed I cannot hire someone to clean my home or take the burden of everday life off my plate. No ,I look at them like lucky souls who are very fortunate not to be in my shoes. Plus everyone still looks up to them even with strange behavior, where I am, its condsidered strange and people move away, not gather up to see me.

Sue, how do you know these people have bipolar disorder?  I am fascinated.  I knew about the some of the others, but Harrison Ford?

I enjoyed your material.  I somehow feel better about myself knowing there are others who suffer as I do.  Especially knowing there are famous people who battle the same demons!  Somehow it makes me feel not so lonely.  I too write about Bipolar on another blog site.  HubPages, under the name akeejaho.  I think it helps to educate both those who are and those who are not Bipolar, and I know it really helps, all the way around.