Was I Ever Normal…
Before it started when I was a little girl
Who hadn’t seen what the world could do
To innocent bystanders
That meant no harm,
Was I normal then?
Can I even remember those days?
Or is my view of them jaded
From everything that’s happened since then?
When did the illness grab hold of me?
And carry me away in its claws?
To a world filled with
Colorful little pills
In small paper cups
And double locked doors
And beds that are bolted
Down to the floor
And have little slots in the corners of them
For the nurses to slide restraints
Through to fasten down an internally injured soul
When did I start my journey there?
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Comments
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I like it. It really makes you think... I wonder too, when exactly it was that I became the way I am.
Well done
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Seemed to run out of puff after a few lines and where did it end up? Nowhere. That's where. Where's the rest of it?
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I looooove the title!
"To a world filled with
Colorful little pills
In small paper cups
And double locked doors
And beds that are bolted
Down to the floor"...this lines are bursting with atittude!
well done indeed!amazing atmosphere!keep up!
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