I've got a ghost in my mind.
He sits on my shoulder day and night.
He tells me to wonder
about everything that could go wrong in my life.
He whispers deadly ideas,
like the world has ended
or that all my friends are dead.
But it's only for me.
He whispers things that he knows will only affect me.
He makes me stand alone in a crowded room
seeing everyone as a traitor.
I need to get out of this ruse.
My own thoughts are weak for they have been bullied into incoherence.
My mind is a minefield that is dangerously unstable
and if this ghost manifests into something more substantial
then I'm scared of what I might have to do.

*-c.a.