para*noia

(noun)


1 : a psychosis characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usu. without hallucinations

2 : a tendency on the part of an individual or group toward excessive or irrational suspiciousness and distrustfulness of others.

***************

the doctors

(are they really doctors?)

keep telling me

(what kind of medication is that?)

that i am

(i think they want to poison me.)


P

(are they watching me?)

A

(they want to get inside my head)

R

(who's behind me?)

A

(what's in that shadow?)

N

(oh my god, i'm deathly ill)

O

(what if i'm allergic and i don't know it yet?)

I

(who keeps calling at this hour?)

D

(i can't breathe. why can't i breathe?!?)


i
am
simply
more aware
than others are...