adjustments

at times she worries you
when she says things like
I felt like jumping off
the Philip Sousa bridge
the other day.
I think my meds need to
adjusted. i'm either
Mary Poppins or Sylvia
Plath from moment to moment,
not knowing who will
show up and be me. i'm
in here, somewhere
she says. do you remember
me. I do, you tell her.
I certainly do, that's
why i'm still here.