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there are moments I remember that I thought I'd forget
times in m'life of no significance and yet
my inner eye is watching the film
an actor named me
is narrating

when mania infused every cell
and i wrote in code
page after page
for 3 days without sleep

switch

depression came
filled my spirit with black tears
drained my will to live
never leaving the bed
in dread of waking

these are moments in a life lived long

gone

passed by

yet recalled in a flash

- Fran Yule
Western Australia

for Ole Steam Engine Puffin