Locked Inside Poem by Kathryn BecknerOssman

LOCKED INSIDE
By: KathrynO

Inside the mind of a tormented soul
Lonely and scared, uncertain of his role
Paranoid delusions dance in his head
Its all in my mind he once read

How do I connect to the world beyond me
The waves of emotion on a tumultuous sea
Schizophrenia or Bi-Polar, what is its name
Split personality now that’s a fun game

Make everyone work to get a glimpse inside
They all want a peek in the ‘house’ I reside
For all of my years, I’m sill but a child
For all of my hurt, I am still so very mild

So I give you a glimpse and you laugh at the view
I run away crying, the mean one is you!
You dare to criticize what you begged to see
I trusted you to be kind, now the joke is on me

So now my mind is closed to the curious
Cruel words you hurl and it makes me furious
I’m not a freak in a circus side show
For all my frailty, I still want to know

That love is somewhere yet to be found
One true love I will forever be bound
For this broken man, needs only a touch
In his mind, that would mean so very much