Paranoia

Paranoia stands beside our own mind
     beside ourselves, in full distraction
     so full, in fact, that we see ourselves
          set apart from our world-home
     a false second self
          set aside from whole-self.

This division from the garden of delights
     cut off and held off by the angel's two edged sword-
such a division, such an exile is our own choice
     not that of either an angel or a god.

We choose this division
     bind ourselves outside our garden-home
such a binding shackles freedom.

And here, a sadness beyond all telling:
     once enslaved, we love our bonds
     find comfort in being bound
     fear freedom in our hearts
          even as we praise it with our lips.

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paranoia > para [beside] + noia [mind]
distraction >dis [two] + trahe [to pull]
 = to be pulled into two
division > di [two] + vision = double vision
garden of delights > Paradisus Voluptas