Splinter In The Mind's Eye

I can see through

The thin line that you

Call your mind

Darkness comes creeping

Walls are receding

Outside they say you look fine

Monsters are creeping from my head

Talons are shining

Eyes are desiring

The flesh they rip from the dead

Mirrors are breaking in me

Kaleidoscope reflections I see

Walk on shards with my cut-up feet

Nobody's home

You're all alone

You can't be wasting time

There's sinners around

They must be brought down

Your poem doesn't rhyme

The poisoned earth has gone completely

Opened up to eat me

Aching for outdoors

It's so bright

Artificial hygienic white light

I can't take it anymore

I see you there in the corner

The world looks at you with contempt

They are glad to find you mad

Not even your mother wept

Can't get no light in

The fear is blinding

I want to curl up and die

I can't imagine

With this painful stabbing

A splinter in my mind's eye

Locked up and forgotten

We leave you there

Tie up your body

Cut off your hair

You're running out of time

You can still make your poem rhyme