Phobia 1 (NaPoWriMo day 18)

by Obscure   Apr 19, 2021


Slight separation from reality
Unnoticed, yet it effectively
Removes a portion of the soul
Mars the mind so it's not whole
Once you've gone, there's no return
I've read enough that I have learned
The line between what's right and wrong
So thin I'm not sure I belong
On on side of the line or other
Certain thoughts, they like to hover
Cackling, suggesting action
Takes all my strength and then a fraction
To try to push the thoughts away
But what if someday these thoughts stay?

What if one day my resistance
Vanishes from my existence
And I find I've lost it all
Mind and body, till I fall
Under currents, watching motions
Listening to foreign notions
Screaming from the inside out
Yet muffled, no one hears me shout

I don't think that either of my main phobias are incredibly well-known, so even though the prompt said to tell without telling, I'm going to tell you that this phobia is of going insane (Dementophobia).

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  • 2 years ago

    by Brenda

    Thank you for sharing this. I totally feel you in this.

  • 3 years ago

    by Keira Pickard

    The fear of going insane is entirely relatable. It must be the worst thing in the world knowing that your life has spun out if control. Anyway, the poem is well rhymed in its darkness. I really enjoyed it

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