First you just hear silence,
your heartbeat joins in.
Soon a light blowing wind
morphs into a gale. No wait,
its swirling again. Hail.
A chanting chorus. Voices.
Noises. Telling you to fail.
This is what it feels like...
Laying alone at night. Pindrop skin.
a sound that is not there. Reality thins.
Part of a mental condition,
that is really not so rare,
but we keep quiet about it.
Misunderstandings bring fear,
That we may be violent.
Make us keep silent,
when the sounds are oh so near.
A knock on the door.
Thud. Thud. Thud. Three for luck
but wait, there is no one there.
No figure lurking, no person,
no shadows nor creatures.
Just an empty street,
so, to your seat, you return
Thud. Thud. Thud.
Again you are stood. Alone
cold night flooding in.
Nothing. Again, and again.
Repeat to fade. Ad nauseum.
The other noises, emboldened,
begin to join in, not wanting
to miss out on the party within.
The conversation begins.
Chatter, voices. A roomful of ghosts
and my God they love a natter.
It doesn't matter that you are lying in bed
Or sitting watching tv instead.
Before long it's like a busy pub,
but somewhere along the way,
you have clearly upset the voices
and now they turn on you.
These sounds can’t be in your head.
How can they be? It can't be me,
I'm hearing them swirling all around,
like a whirlpool around a dinghy at sea.
That sound, like light, a glare,
blurted images that are not there.
A flare. Swinging your way, taunting.
Haunting movements. Pounding.
swaying across your audio vision.
Then the sounds get closer.
A fist. Connects fast.
A rumble as the jawline crumbles
and your whole world cracks,
splitting like an egg.
You hear the splash of every drop,
hitting the canvas in a belly flop
and you open your eyes again.
Alone in your room as you have always been.
Thanks for reading
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continue to do this.
Peace, Love & Poetry
Kyle
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