This Schizophrenia Thing Poem by Joe Hughes

This is no temperature rising,
Temperature lowering thing.
This is no sudden rash,
No hydrocortisone resolving thing.
This is a long haul,
Life examining, life questionning,
Life tormenting thing.
This will not pass.
There is no restful moment.
This is a no-escape thing.
A constant medication thing.
A socially reclusive thing.
A social skills demolishing thing.
A no cosy-corner, good-book-read thing.
This is a voice hearing,
Suspicious, be-on-my-guard,
Depot drug injecting thing.
This is a family destroying thing.
A make-me-aggressive thing.
A hospitalising thing.
This is not a Hollywood,
Split personality thing.
This is a thought disorder,
Friend destroying, delusion making,
Hallucinating, odds-at-the-world thing.
This is schizophrenia!