Girl, Interrupted

Was thinking about that movie today, which got me to write a poem of sorts...It turned out being sort of dreary, but I'll blame it on the movie :)

Random Thoughts:
Mental health is stigmatized, and that bothers me... A Beautiful Mind is one of my fave movies for the fact that it shows that schizophrenia can be dealt with...yay for neurochem and psychology! Yay also for people at The Banyan, a home in Madras, India, that work hard to rehabilitate mentally ill destitute women ostracized by their families; all the women there are ABSOLUTELY amazing!!...Mental health issues being important to me, it hurts and frustrates when the stigmas come through...More on that later...

Outside-Inside

I am drunk on
the spring wine
Colors everywhere—
greens, oranges, violets, pinks
But I am drunk and everything
appears hazy.

Only the red stands out
Clearly—the blood red
Red blood on the wrist
Dried blood on the wrist
Dryness sloughing off the blade…
All that I see clearly
Too clearly.

I am drunk on
the spring wine
Sounds everywhere—
chirping, flapping, swooshing, laughing
But I am drunk and everything
sounds cacophonic.

Only the scream stands out
Distinctly—the piercing scream
One follows another
And another leads to softer moans
Moans bouncing off the bathroom walls…
All that I hear distinctly
Too distinctly.