i am not insane

please

do not tell me
that I am insane.

do not joke;

do not lAugh.

it is not a gaMe.

do Not tell me
i am Out of my mind.

i am not crazy.
i am noT
i am not
I’m not.

do not say out loud
the words
that i fight in my miNd
every day.

the voices tell me
i am nuts
i am mad
i am loSing it.

can’t
keep it
together.

they whisper
insanities
profAnities
and i have to shut them up.

it is hard enough
to quiet the sileNt voices
without you
drowning them out
with the sound of your
condEmning words.