This is the place where
No one sleeps
Nightmares walk the halls
You can come in
But never leave.
They watch through windows
Noting every movement
Whispering so we can't hear--
Judging us.
Treatments never end
Sedated to numb the pain
Of being fried
From inside out.
Barbaric, prehistoric methods
To heal the wounded mind
Of the sad and schizophrenic ,
Silence voices, erase memories.
Animals become human again
But those who don't take well
Turn from person to monster
Feral, feared, and broken.
Pills shoved down my throat
Hazy vision,
Numb and neglected
Left shaking on my bed.
No windows in the rooms
A box without light or sound or hope,
Souls die in this place
Hearts rot in this place.
Rejects of the world unite
All silent in their sorrow
Each alone in the crowd
With a story sadder than the one before
Wasting away by the day
On the second level
Of elevator B.