To live within the mind of a schizophrenic is to know true fear!

A flash of shadow in the dark
Fleeing feet encased in dew
Winded from this reckless flight
Too fearful yet to stop and breath

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 it 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 her ears
And push against her senses

The food that was just purchased
Tastes tinged with something foreign
And water from the faucet
Has lost the clarity expected

She looks at all the pills that lay
Spilled out across the kitchen table
And thanks the Lord 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 thought
Too scared to move, from this small spot.