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THE MIND EATS ITSELF
@Asininatty
THE MIND EATS ITSELF
The Führer in my head WHISPERS in tongues I don’t understand, but I DO. I DO!!! The propaganda is in my VEINS, crawling, WRITHING, slithering like worms in my brain, gnawing, EATING, eating, EATING—marching, SCREAMING, hailing, hanging, chanting. IT’S CLEAN! IT’S RIGHT! IT’S BEAUTIFUL!!! A noose SWINGS, a body TWITCHES, and Propaganda Cat GRINS like a god who FORGOT how to love. PURE. CLEAN. HOLY. RIGHTEOUS. I shut my eyes. It doesn’t stop. I see it STILL.
I curl up small. My ribs show. I count them. One, two, three, four—no, NO, NO!!! NUMBERS GET BAD! THE PATTERNS GET BAD! THEY NEVER END!!! Smiley Man loves me. HE LOVES ME. HE LOVES ME. HIS HAND ON MY SHOULDER, soft, not like his, not like 'A'--!!!, NOT LIKE HIS. NOT LIKE HIS!!! NEVER AGAIN!! He loves me… he loves me not… he loves me… DOES HE?! DOES HE?! DO YOU?! DO YOU?!?!?!
I'VE SEETHED THE WORDS YOU'VE SPOKE, THE THINGS YOU'VE DONE TO ME!!! well, they're all a part, right?? They all help me feel safe!! correct? IS IT TRUE?!?! SOMETiMES I CAN'T EVEN ESCAPE MY OWN MIND!! Well, turns out, we ALL can't get what we want!! You want to be safe in mYOUR mind, in there?? IN!?!??! OUT!!! GUESS WHAT?!?!? YOU CAN'T BE LEFT UNSCATHED, NO MATTER HOW MUCH I HELP!! YoU'RE STILL GONNA GET Ṡ̷̢̫̞̻͈͋͛̓̅͜͜͜͠͠͠O̷̵҉̢̭͚̜̠ͫͣ͐͢͟͢͠͞͝D҉̣͍̓̎͗͜͜O̷̵҉̢̭͚̜̠ͫͣ͐͢͟͢͠͞͝M̶̶҉̳͈̺͟͢͠͠ͅI҉̡̯̺̜̅́͋̃͢͜Z҉͆͢͠͠E҉̰̰͎̆͞D҉̣͍̓̎͗͜͜ NO MATTER WHAT, ALL OVER AGAIN!! YOU CAN'T STAY ALL LALALA IN YOUR MIND, IT REPLAYS ALWAYS!! YOU COULD NEVER,!! NEVER EVER!! ESCAPE THAT MEASURING STICK, ALWAYS ALWAYS WITH HIM!!!
The hymns are playing—LOUD—HYMNS OF A BROKEN MIND, my broken mind, THE WORLD IS MARCHING AND I CAN’T STOP MOVING!!! I try to sit still. I CAN’T SIT STILL. It’s eating me, EATING ME, THE MARCHING, THE SMILING, THE BURNING, THE BLEACHING!!! MEIN TRAUMA!!!. CLEAN CLEAN CLEAN. The ghosts pull my skin, whisper through my teeth, tell me I’m FILTHY, tell me I’M ROTTING, but Propaganda Cat says filth can be CLEANSED, filth can be ERASED, filth can be—
…But my friends love me.
Smiley Man loves me.
He loves me.
Right?
…RIGHT?!?!?!
Never forgive me, always hate me. MIIGIGHT ASWELL BE GOOD AT THE THING YOU ARE 'BEST AT' THE MOST, WHAT YOU'RE BEST KNOWN FOR!! HHAHA, WHAT'S THE POINT OF GETTING BETTER IF IT DOESN'T MATTER?!??! EVERYONE STILL HATEEESS, DISLIKE MEE!! MEMEMEMEMEMEM!! Now there's no one left to love emee,.,noooo oneeee,..hahhhahaaa,..amhm,.,.mmm.,h.,Find solace in what you see. Find solace in what I've seen, find solace in everything you've seen, during - - ----