Schizophrenia

Voices echo and tell me several things
Etching cruel words into my mind that I can’t ever efface
Your voice was the one telling me to swallow the pills
And bring myself to freedom’s borderline
My comatose body
Lay at the disposal of the voices in my mind
I believe every word they utter
Your voice becomes harsher as you continue to haunt me.

Crying softly,

The cascades leave an illusion of a broken image upon my cheeks and eyes
Your tearful face shatters the reflection in the mirror before you
As our minds flow together in fearful shades of black and blue
If I could keep you away,
The space where the hollow ate away at me would be replaced.
I hate the brightness I’ve grown to dream of.
You drown my mind and I fight to breathe again.
Why are my words so invidious?
I can no longer flee from the ill-natured temperament.

There is no you
There is only me against myself
And the pills I take
Will never save me as planned.

Another empty night
Another easy cut

Nothing will be enough for you
Knowing I’m already weak,
You’ll be the death of me.

Nothing to save me from myself,
I lie waiting in the shadows
As another mirror shatters upon the wall.