One minute she's up
The next she's down
One hour a smile
Laughter, joy
The next a frown
Don't worry yourself
I don't need help
I'm just coming down
From my natural high

Whats up with you girl?
They all want to ask
Seems one minute you're happy
The next you're sad
Some tell me I'm crazy
It hurts 'cause its true
Some ask me what drug
I obviously do...
I laugh in their faces
Hysterically too
And simply reply
“I'm on a natural high”
I'm up in the sky
You wish you could fly!
But then I fall back to Earth
And boy does it hurt...
Some call it “insanity”
I call it “my advantage”
And if you only knew
You really would too...

The highs you call “crazy”
Really are amazing
So much energy
Enough to do many things
So much gladness
Cleanses all the sadness
So much cheer
It kills all the fear
And completely drug-free
Be jealous of me!
'Cause yeah, thats right
I get high on life!

The lows you call “depression”
Are really just lessons
They're slowly teaching me
All that I can be...
I feel the mental anguish
But in bed I do not languish
I see no reason to be
But my smile you still see
I feel pain and hurt
Yet I still go to work
Feels like I'm dying inside
But there is no where to hide...
I take it all in stride
Because struggle IS life

You say that I'm crazy
I think that I'm blessed
Gifted above most of the rest
You only know what you see
Think you should pity me
But you just don't know
I love my highs and lows...
My roller coaster of life
Goes up, up, up
Climbing to peeks
In your life you'll never see
Falling to lows
I still have not told
But these are the things
That have made me Me...
No matter how low I go
I'll always know
That I've been to the depths
The worst I've ever felt
But in the end of it all
I know I'll stand tall
Because inside of us all
(I learned through the fall)
Is the great ability
To handle all things
That there is no such thing
As “too much for me”
My highs and my lows
Both have beauty of their own
They are equal parts of me
They are my life journey
So I don't rage against the pain
Or fight the wild joy
I don't want to change or manage it
You may call it “crazy”
But I call it “my advantage”

Anastacia Wood©2009