They left you sitting
in the large room.
You remember sunlight
entering in
and the echo of voices
down the hall.
They had sat you
in the chair
and left you there.
They had performed
performances on you
using electric shock
as you lay
tied to a bed
and attached things
to your head.
You wondered where
the far door led
and where
the door behind
led off to
and why
they left you.
You passed through a ward
with a nurse either side
and the patients
gazed at you
as you walked past
and they became silent
as you passed
as if someone
had turned off the sound.
They have left you
with your thoughts
and feelings
and doubts and dark
and just the echo
of the electric spark.
May 13, 2018
May 13, 2018 at 3:19 AM UTC
They left you sitting
in the large room.
You remember sunlight
entering in
and the echo of voices
down the hall.
They had sat you
in the chair
and left you there.
They had performed
performances on you
using electric shock
as you lay
tied to a bed
and attached things
to your head.
You wondered where
the far door led
and where
the door behind
led off to
and why
they left you.
You passed through a ward
with a nurse either side
and the patients
gazed at you
as you walked past
and they became silent
as you passed
as if someone
had turned off the sound.
They have left you
with your thoughts
and feelings
and doubts and dark
and just the echo
of the electric spark.
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