ADHD? (1053)


When young
I was highly-wired
A hyper child
Like a wild fire
I could run fast
Long cycles on my bike
I was good at Judo
I liked to fight.

I liked adventure
But trouble I found
Living on the edge
I couldn’t calm down.

But then
A blow to the head
On life-support
I was nearly dead
Was this a wake-up call?
Making me change my ways
Or was this really me
Perhaps it was a case of
ADHD.

Back in the 70s
You mustn’t forget
We had no computers
Or internet
No CCTV
In shops or public places
We took advantage
Of no-one seeing our faces.

I gained a reputation
Bad boy on the scene
I was just being normal
Well, that’s how it seemed to me.

But then
A blow to the head
On life-support
I was nearly dead
Was this a wake-up call?
Making me change my ways
Or was this just me?
Perhaps a case of
ADHD.

At a later age
After years of calm
The wildness returned
With a hint of charm
The careless and crazy
Me I couldn’t hide
I tried To reveal another me
But it was hard to be
Anything but the person
I was In the past
Was it a condition?
Unknown in decades gone
So could it be
I am what I am because of
ADHD?

I had
A blow to the head
On life-support
I was nearly dead
Was this a wake-up call?
Making me change my ways
Or was this just me?
Perhaps a case of
ADHD.

I did and I may do
Have mood swings
If I can’t be
The person I need to be
To exist with purpose
Without, I feel worthless
But now
The mood swings are over
At one stage
Thought I had bipolar
But maybe not
It seems what I’ve got
Could well be now
What they diagnose
As ADHD.

© 2024 – Colin E. Pyle