A Schizophrenic Moment

A SCHIZOPHRENIC MOMENT

BY: AIDEN DYLAN KIRCHNER

To live in the mind of a Schizophrenic

is to know true fear

A flash of shadow in the dark

Fleeting feet encased in dew

Winded from this reckless flight

Too fearful yet to stop and breathe

Each shadow seems to hold a menace

Each hushed sound just renews the terror

But just ahead a place of refuge

and safety from this feel of dread

A bronze key rams into the lock

and hastily opens

Behind the slammed door finally

the ragged breaths soon slow

But even here within this safety

the paranoia brings unease

as voices ring between my ears

and push against my senses

The food that was just eaten

tastes tinged with something foreign

and water from the faucet

has lost the clarity expected
she looks at all the pills that lay
spilled across the kitchen table
And thanks Lucifer the Lord of Hell
that she has learned that they deliver poison
She sits all crumpled in a corner
Her eyes alert for any danger
Her mind awash with rampant thoughts
Too scared too move from this small spot