Where am I?

I walk but I do not see

I speak but I can not breathe

I sing though I hear no sound

I touch but I can not feel



I am a shell imitating what I wish to be real



My heart locked in a cage, ravaged by time and rage

My soul deaf, dumb, and blind, frozen in time

My mind lost just the same, it’s illness has no name



Yet others define as insane, a description much too plain to be me



To be me is to live in fear

Only I fear what you hold dear

I fear love, hope, and praise

Before they were illusions quick to fade

A hurtful trick for those made weak

Candy coating on a future so bleak

Happiness strikes fear into my very core

It is the monster under my bed, the great unknown



There is a world of light I know its true

Afraid I close my tear filled eyes tight and reach



I reach for the moon