She said we were
running for errands,
and that it'd be good
for me to get out of
bed.
I arrive at the building,
so bold and formidable
tint windows,
venom.
It's for your own good,
she said. It's for the
best. I'm taken to
a blast of white
rays
The women peeled off
my clothes, and
told me to spread,
hold up my hands and
jump.
Humiliation and nakedness
is this how it has become?
Feverish, and shiver
I am swung a gown
on, but not the lace
one like
home.
when I was taken to the mental ward.