As the walls closed in
And the darkness fell
The sounds of the night
Crept into her ears
Her hands clamping about her head
Holding in what sanity remained
Against the screeches and screams
From beyond the brick walls
Of this lonely and lonesome place
From which there was no escape,
No distraction and no respite
Despite the frenzy of prayers
In this godforsaken place
To a non-existent deity
For a freedom that will never come
When lunacy takes hold of those
Who stand outside the door
That they no longer understand
What is right and wrong
And buy into the hysteria
Of the latest fad treatments
With no thought of the consequences
Of testing procedures on the manic
Without their permission
Or even their knowledge
Hidden from scrutiny by demented laws
Serving a master as unsound of mind
As those incarcerated in psychiatric wards
For indeterminate periods of time
Under the auspices of mental health
A true derangement of a system
Meant to protect the world from the insane
And the depressed from themselves
While the unstable run the asylum
Which makes the rest of us mad.
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