A Journey Through the Mind of Schizophrenia

  Both Sides Now Rows and throws of angel hair And ice cream castles in the air And feather canyons everywhere Looked at clouds that way But now they only block the sun They rain and they snow on everyone So many things I would have done But clouds got in my way I've looked at clouds from both sides now From up and down and still somehow It's cloud illusions I recall I really don't know clouds at all Moons and Junes and Ferris wheels The dizzy dancing way that you feel As every fairy tale comes real I've looked at love that way But now it's just another show And you leave 'em laughing when you go And if you care, don't let them know Don't give yourself away I've looked at love from both sides now From give and take and still somehow It's love's illusions that I recall I really don't know love Really don't know love at all Tears and fears and feeling proud To say, "I love you" right out loud Dreams and schemes and circus crow

  You know it takes more than prose or a pattern or style of writing to call attention to a very important message. One that many people do not get or much less want to hear. It takes willingness to obey. To obey to someone, we should all be holding dear. This is not my claim to fame. Not at all. Nowhere near it but I will proclaim a truth I hold dear. That's my love for God...for Christ. For a child that resides inside willing to obey yet I don't always get, but I want to share my understanding. I understand one thing the most and that is God's love, but you know what...it's the love he generates inside that is valued most. Because when we find that love inside and within, we share of ourselves. We share our story. God's message can then be proclaimed over all the heavens and the earth. Through us. I find it ironic that here I am with a diagnosis of a mental illness. One that is found unacceptable by many and understood by less. But yet I am willing...more than w