Madness

• Kayla Pietrapertosa, Grade 11
• Short Story
• 2008

"Here I am in a dark room, strake with madness that no-one tells me anything and all I see is four walls of crazyness. I am considered insane because no-one can see me in their right state of mind. But truly am I out of their state of mind, or are they out of my state of mind. Am I truly the one driving myself insane or are they the one out of control, am i dangerously ill or are they ill, is it just apart of their state of mind or what is the right state of mind?" The door screatched open and in seeped a beam of sunlight hitting my eyes, it burned, i haven't seen sunlight for weeks or maybe months. In walked a guard in his long white coat and he glaced across at me in the corner. There I was in my white stray jacket and with my hair sticking up everywhere. I don't understand why I am here, I haven't done anything wrong.He must be here to collect me for a shower, after my shower they dressed me in a suit and toke me out to a car. I was driven to further insanity because no-one would tell me what was going on, then all of a sudden the car stopped. They pulled me out, there I was infront of the New York courts suddenly I remembered today is my courtcase, finally I'll be going home.

I am on trial for a crime I didn't commit, killing my own family. No-one believed that a man with braces has done this, they classify me as insane beacuse they don't believe he exist. According to everyone he's a figure of my imagination, their I was sweating in the witness stand. "I....I didn't commit a crime, I innocent." Then at that stage the judge yelled "GUILTY,GUILTY,GUILTY." Their I was in a hystericle state being dragged down the aisle, back to the institution. Back in my cell with my stray jacket on, hair everywhere and just a dark and lonely room, with a lonely soul in the corner. CRAZY,MENTAL,INSANE and MAD all these words represent me, this place is driving me to further insanity and I am going to be here a very, very long time. HAHAHAHAHA!!!