Crazy Like Me

Is it so wrong

To be crazy

To see these things

And watch them leave

Fully knowing

That only I can see them 

But not truly

A part
Of reality 

Is it so wrong

To wake up 

And wish you hadn't

To brace yourself

For entering this world 

To despair the sunshine

And all of the living things

That live within it 

Is it so wrong

To feel terror

At all the little things

That 'normal' people 

Just don't get
Things they just don't see

Is it so wrong

To believe

That when I count

1, 2, 3

I'm saving your life

So you can get home 

From A to B

Is it so wrong

To check the doors

The windows

Every night

To keep you safe

From the evil

That breaks through our house

And destroys 

Everything

My daily plight 

Is it so wrong

To loath my hands being touched

If only to protect

Myself

From the diseases 

That linger

On everyone's fingers

Is it so wrong

To do these things

So that everyone can live

In peace

With me

Is it so wrong

To feel and see

The monsters of this world

So crystal clear

Is it so wrong

To feel as if

The world is pushing

Down on your chest

That you're drowning

And worthless

That no one cares

Is it so wrong

To struggle and fight

Against these temptations

To eat or not to eat

It feels so useless

It pushes and pulls

Takes and takes

Some minds just aren't 

Built the same

Some suffer

And cry

Needlessly, they say

But is it needless?

Can't it stay?

Is it so wrong

To be crazy

Like me

Written by Zara. P, Tuesday May 16, 2017