INSPIRATIONS
                             AND
                                        MORE

in my mind
I see the shape,
so very tall and slender
"who are you?!"
my mind screams.
"I am here."
the voice quietly answers.

late at night
I lay thinking
"will he intrude tonight?"
all I ever receive
as an answer is
"I am here."
no matter the question.

who is this spirit
that invades my room,
leaking past the wards
I have set upon the window?
does he mean me harm?
or is everything I hear and see
just another part of my mind
letting me know I am crazy?

I question my sanity.

all this theoretical thinking
gives me a headache.
this only makes the
visions and voices worse.
the cycle just continues.

some day I will be locked away
by a psychiatrist who writes:
schizophrenia-       
          condition irreversible.
all for the visit of some
lonely or protective spirit.

Wind of great mercy and wind of all might
Flowing toward me through the darkest of night,
Be you there to bring the moon's silver stream.
To light my long path in this wayward dream?

Fire of death to the fire of life
You will be the end of my hardest strife.
Burn this chamber of hate and deception.
Light our hearts at this dreary reception.

Water to begin, water to flow free
Come from where you rest to gather near me,
And on this world sooth the sick near on hand.
In this never ending dream I will stand.

Earth from beginning to earth at my fall
Help me, in this backward dream, to stand tall.
Sustain the life you granted in this place,
So the light of day again, will I face.