Paranoia
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Huyen Hac Tran, Grade 11
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Poetry
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2012
Is it you,
Or is it them?
The Creep that crawls,
The frenzy and the fear.
The Panic that chokes
And stalls your every limb
Perhaps there is a man -
Or a woman
Who wishes to harm you.
Then this chill would not be in vain.
This Chill, the one
That licks the spine like the tongues of flames -
An uncontrollable delirious flame.
Quick breathing, quick steps
Yet no quick thinking.
In place?
Nothing but a disconnected frenzy
Too fast moving to remember
Yet felt as if it could last forever.
The mind going weak
The nape of the neck bare -
Bare Like the Achilles heel,
As Phobos delights in your terror
Devouring your every care
Reassurance never works
As though you attempt it
Your body takes over,
The mind fills with horror
The world drenched in blood -
The heel of one insane.
Numb as you escape, altered to all.
And when it's done, the world returns
To its former state. Or -
What it was before.