In The Sun Today
I Walked The Pattern Of The Waves
& Looked Across The Sand
To Sea The Breakers
But To Hear Their Over-turnings Muffled
Out Of Reach Of The Wind
Rippling The Clouds Outside
My Kitchen Window
When I Got Home
The Hawk Bathroom 2:22pm
Joanna’s Sleep Regimen:
Lithium Carbonate 300 mg
take 2 capsules @ bedtime
Synthroid 50 mcg
take 1 tablet once a day
Nova-Olanzapine 10 mg
take 1 tablet @ bedtime
Apo-Lorazepam 1 mg
take 1 tablet as needed*
* I have begun taking
this anxiolytic (Ativan) regularly @ bedtime
& IT HAS ROUNDED OUT
MY SLEEP
I NO LONGER WAKE UP EARLY
WITH JOLTS OF ANXIETY
I ATTRIBUTE THE ABOVE PRESCRIPTIONS
TO MY SLEEP RESTORATION
AND THUS
TO MY OVERALL WELL-BEING
Joanna Gilman Hyde 