The Schizophrenic

In and out, out and in
What is this disaster
I seem to be in
I can't seem to tell
Where the ground starts
And my feet begin
Within without, without within
Was that a thought
Or something out loud
Were my thoughts being stolen
By telephone wires
And sent through the spokes
Of bicycle tires?

Yet it was me who was in
It was me who was out
It was me who couldn't tell
If my foot was on the ground
It was me who didn't know
Where I stopped or began
It was my thoughts they stole
And sent through the land

How dare you say I don't exist
That I don't have a self
That my ego's amiss
And you who say you don't exist
Who or what was it that ascertained this
And you who say the self is an illusion
Does this mean that God has delusions,
A multiple personality
Split up in parts
Each one a free will
A part of Himself?
Eternal Bag Lady
Eternal Bag Lady (watercolor)

 

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