Tamara Beryl Latham - The Poet

Schizophrenia

 

 

Schizophrenia

 

Willows bend

with weight of stressful times,

near the stonewalled garden

flanked with light.

 

Their voice, the wind,

whispers joyless notes,

then shrieks

the Banshee\'s song

within my head.

 

Ravens\' perch,

in lieu of flight, content

to watch

as evil wraiths

eclipse my mind,

 

where I committed

flee the forest maze,

whose rubber trees

distinctly scope my gaze,

 

while raging storms

mask full an opiate sun, 

then electrify

to quell delirium.

 

Shadows dance,

jump 

through the artist\'s palette

of tranquil hues,

 

splashing colors

of the spectrum

on my thoughts,

then leap

in a kaleidosope

of hope.

 

Jonquils sway,

as images serene

direct my feet,

along a snake-like path

to garden\'s edge,

 

where I,

 no longer marked

by feral glares,

cool and haunting

hard, fixated stares,

 

view \"Veronica Spicata,\"
single bloom,

within a Monet landscape

titled \"Life.\"