Manic Depression (Bipolar)

Ah, the things one can create
when they're in the manic state

working as if there's only one minute left
suddenly brilliant, creative, superbly deft

then, sinking, into a troubled dream
alone and miserable, caught in this terrible stream

all's quiet on the mind-front, with an idiot's vocation
then randomly giving out elegant dissertations

one day all atilt, raging like the sea,
the next soaring high above it, superior and free