karmapol

their watching eyes,

dissecting your every movement

and analyzing every action,

causing paranoia

when you'd rather not be.

of course,

one cannot count on that,

not anymore,

the feeling of probing eyes,

bugs-on-your-skin craziness ensues,

causing all the catastrophes

that they were searching for in the first place.

and you look up at them with bloody mouth

and crazed smile

as they drag you to the white,

soft-walled room they assisted you

so patiently, to.

Author's Note

karmapol: the imaginary committee of elders that keeps a running log of your mistakes, steadily building their case that you’re secretly a fraud, a coward, a doofus and a douche, and who would’ve successfully revoked your good fortune years ago had they not been hampered by bitter squabblings over grammar and spelling.

Reviews

[Mockingbird]

i can see how this council could precipitate a nervous breakdown due to paranoia. you did a good job illustrating this word.