Sharing from my many shelves of journals. The mostly biographical poetry and writing of an Australian Christian woman living with schizoaffective disorder.
Lowering Lithium
Cas Reeves 2020
Should we lift the heavy blanket,
The weight of lithium that holds?
Would I float away?
Become unhinged?
To feel lighter should be a pleasant thing,
But fear rises quickly;
The unknown rears its head
And I long to crawl down
Under the sand
At the bottom of the sea.
Hide me, hold me, hinge me tight!
Don’t let the currents sweep me away.
I am a small creature
Not strong enough to fight
A changing tide.
It is only because of the lowering of my lithium that I am able to even contemplate this poetry challenge. I have been anchored deep under the thick foggy weight of lithium for the last six years or so since I was diagnosed schizoaffective in 2014. So I rise a little to the surface, take a gulp of creative air and here we are riding the current of possibility, thank you Lord.
I'm a 46 year old Christian married mother of two young adults who I had the honour of homeschooling for 12 years. My husband Rodney and I live in Brisbane Australia. I am creating this space to share, as God leads, some of my writing and experiences living with schizoaffective disorder and pursuing a deeper healing relationship with God.
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Cheryl Reeves Writing - from my shelves of journals 
Thanks Cheryl, I’m so enjoying the fruit of your gulp of creative air 👍💕
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