Writing on the Wall

In the lonely ward I am
Where the medication ignites the man
To slur his speech & walk his gait
To cry his tears and solemly await
With hopeless agitation & dryness
His silent hope cannot impress
With despair & a heart that aches
His nightmare flows & body shakes
The doctors glare and take their notes
The mad machine is what denotes
The oppressed, disadvantaged and feared
Normality is imprisoned in the pressure peered
may life be reckoned with & a steroid
To an island of bliss…
Evil medication that hurts you more
Makes you collapse & fall to the floor
Dreaded drug that blinds & numbs
will be continued…

written by a patient