Insanity

 

To teach us a lesson,

They stick us in tiny,

Blindingly blank cubicles

With only the salvation

Of the unpleasant light

Brown of the desk and

The uncomfortable dark

Blue of the chair

To save us from the

Otherwise inescapable

White surroundings.

This solitary confinement,

They say,

Will make us think,

And it does:

It makes our thoughts

Grow more rapid

And confusing

Until they are nothing

More than a

Muddled, jumbled

Mess of intangible,

Unintelligible, meaningless,

Erratic, sporadic, and

Desperate words thrown

Into our minds as

We search frantically

For a way out.

We become

More despondent,

More furious,

More like the

Cornered animal who will

Lash out at even

Those who try

To help.

 

All their attempts

At soft punishment –

The light slap

Upon the wrist –

Now seem to us

To be a threat

Upon our lives,

Our very existence,

However confused

And indeed,

However hopeless

It may be.

Our Darwinian

Instincts kick in

And we fight

For our survival,

Not consciously comprehending

That we were never

Really in danger.

 

It is them,

In their futile

Attempt to show

Us their light,

Who drive us

Into insanity

As we merely

Search for a

Chance to escape

This blinding light

And retreat once

More into

The safety

Of our darkness.

 

Reviews

[Rosary]

awesome
open people eyes to whats really going on in the hospitals.
they dont help they only hurt
they torture
i wasnt allowed to step outside for a week
do you know what that does to a person
they put me in jail is what they did
they put me in jail without reason
anyway lol good write thanks

[Constance]

Ah, this makes me think of some I have known. You draw the picture effortlessly. This is a wonderful piece because it gives humanity to certain people others may not view as truly human, just like them. For that reason, this is an exceptionally good poem. You also worded this well, not too simple, yet easy to understand. Job well done. :)

[East of Eden]

excellent! a real eye-opener. i won't forget this poem.

[Mercury Mirrors]

This is really good...& so true...I was almost commited in one of those places & I still shudder when I remember it...they treated me like an animal before they even did the assesment. They commited my fiance for 6 months! I think he still has nightmares. I've heard horrible stories from him. This is an awesome piece & it actually makes your heart beat faster imagioning it. Good job.

[Christopher 'Windstorm'..]

this is a fantastic!

[Kena Dawn Augustine]

This is nice. make me wonder, is she speaking about literally in being in some kind of mental hosptial, or is it more of a metaphor for life, about being bound by religtious ideals? please correct me if i'm wrong. because sometimes, people's words do muddle us, bind us, their slap on our wrist makes us beat ourselves to the ground out of guilt.

anyway, this is my interpretation. thanks for sharing such a great poem.

[Andromeda]

niiiice. i like! haha something good come out of isi =)