"Insdie everyone is light and darkness, good and evil, right and wrong. Sometimes the light is showing from you..but sometimes its the dark...but don't let them both out at the same time..for that is chaos..and thats when someone can truly go insane"
pupils dilating through a solemn slate
brain waves fighting pass metal plate
the darkness seeps deep up inside
grabbing hold taking control of the mind
leaning back against padded walls rocking in fright
while the blind fold is falling revealing the light
inside this straight jacket my arms are enclosed
as my eyes stare off taking my mind to a place nobody knows
when unleashed, screams and filthy words prance about my lips
jerking away, feeling the edge while my hair at the seams I rip
shadows await my chamber as the nurses drag me closer to the door
they cannot see what i have seen as they throw me onto the floor
tasting blood as i bite down hard bruising arms strapped down
bloodshot eyes laying awake all through the night, hearing every sound.
pacing back and forth, as my feet reaps unstable, i then realize
amongst the imbordered walls of maddness I have been institutionalized
Author notes
dont di live life
c o m p l e t e l y m a d
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Comments
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The hollowness that comes from being in prison or any other kind of institution is unreal. I used to go to a boarding school which was a little like that and I tell you, more traumatized me than anything else, I think. No escaping that.
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nice. this is awesome. good images and words.
good luck!
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Ooooh - Nice write! A very nice way of describing someone as the realisation of their own madness dawn on them! I especially liked the way you brought the treatment of the patient out using the emotive statements such as "They cannot see what I have seen as they throw me to the floor".
Good Luck in the contest! Your entry is totally awesome!
Tiger
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