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Prisoner In My Own Mind

A Prisoner In My Own Mind.  A rhyming verse poem

Another petal falls..

I can hear the screams now.. I hear their calls.

My heart races, I get up and start to run,

I can't help the past, I'm sorry for what I have done.

My breaths come out as pants

The voices are getting closer, I can hear their rants.

I press forward, the adrenaline in my veins coursing

The voices yell louder, screaming at me, enforcing.

I run. I run faster than any car.

I run. I run further and further, not knowing how far.

I run. I run until my legs ache.

I run. I run so much I feel as though my body will break.

A sob breaks out of my throat

I whip around a corner and hide myself within my coat.

The voices yell louder and I tear my eyes open

No one is there, I'm left alone and broken.

The voices scream, the sound hurts my ears

I groan in pain, the same pain I have felt for years.

The stab of the injection makes me flinch

I stare at my arm, where I had just felt the pinch.

'You're worthless. Kill yourself. You're crazy'

My eyes start to droop, my mind going hazy.

I pry my eyes open, staring at the white room

My job isn't done, I can't fall asleep so soon.

The nurse has her back to me

I get up and go to her, I reach in her pocket and grab out her key.

She hasn't noticed me yet, to busy filling in a chart

I need to do this. It is my destiny. My part.

I stare at the key and grin

I need to do this. I'm a bad person, the ultimate sin.

I stab the key in my carotid artery

The voices rejoiced, cheering my on heartily.

I fall to the floor, black spots in my vision

I am finally free, out of this prison.

And then it all dawns on me.

The voices. The running. It couldn't be.

The only prisoner here is me.

I can't escape the voices. They will be with me for all eternity.

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