Psychosis Poem by Richard Lam

Psychosis



I am inside a room
I touch the walls
I stare at the ceiling
I stay like this for days
I look out the small window
I see stars and a crescent moon

I am inside a room
I touch the walls
I stare at the ceiling
I stay like this for weeks and months
I look out the small window
I see stars and a too pale moon

I am inside a room
I touch the walls
I stare at the ceiling
I stay like this as time goes on
I see shadows form and long moving things
I see creepy things
I hear scary sounds from other rooms
I hear strange voices in my room
I look out the small window
I see no more stars

I see more and more crimson moons

POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
A dark poem about a slow mental breakdown. The speaker experiences loss of grip with reality as time becomes more and more irrelevant. A pervading sense of hopelessness can be felt throughout. Besides a person becoming less sane, I also had the image of an unborn child inside a womb as I was writing this.
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Lyn Paul 10 September 2013

Well written but I am getting a little spooked

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Gajanan Mishra 10 September 2013

good write, thanks. I like it. i invite you to read my poems and comment.

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