The patch of plaster at the bed side I hear the cries you cannot hear For I am cursed or blessed to be The architect of my own fate If things were not so heavy If the veins were not so deep The shadow of my doorway is long on the floor I sleep curled beneath the barred window My back against the wall. Do not let those shadows touch me. The screams are unholy Words inhuman One night I will fly from here I will walk through the locked doors Above me flourescent lights will shatter I will leave scorched footprints On the white tile I will sleep among the unworthy again And when they find deepest sleep I will take them from their beds