Schizophrenia

A Poem by nyi

Inside the flood of chaotic life I am drown

For a transparent truth permeates into a new kind of living dream

And betrayed by the lights when the sun goes down

Creating these fantasies inside my mind’s realm

I hear these voices within the silence of crowd

As nameless and faceless strangers blockade my train of thought

In between these two worlds they force me to bounce

Vanquishing insomnia and inside my sleep, peace I sought

My sense of humor flies away like a newly freed bird

Leaving me behind deep inside the cyclone of intense emotion

In broad day light and underneath the skin, my darkness lurks

Is this insanity going to be my only chronic devotion?

Nyi

9.8.2011

© 2011 nyi

Author's Note

"Schizophrenia: A mental disorder characterized by a disintegration of thinking process and of emotional responsiveness. It most commonly manifests as auditory hallucination, paranoia or bizarre delusions or disorganized speech and thinking". I wanted to write this longer but I could not write for more than around 90 min. It was really difficult for me to write this particular piece and it reached my time limit so I ended it although I didn't want to. I'm also upset that I fail to relate this mental illness with our daily activities. All I did was try to picture the a person suffering from Schizophrenia.

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Faelinn Asphodellus and..

I love this, for many reasons. It paints a very vivid picture, and is incredibly jarring as Zeitgeist put it.

It reminds me of the haunting feeling of staring into your own eyes in a mirror. You know that you are looking at yourself, that those are your eyes, and that is your nose, your mouth, your hair... but because you perceive yourself spacially, as limbs, hands, feet, instead of as a set of physical features its slightly unnerving. It makes you feel ill at ease, like you just came to the sudden realization that you are more than just a space, you are a physical and aesthetic creature.

I love this poem :D I will be reading more of your work soon.