Protected, they say,
by antiseptic, antidepressants, anti-thought.
protected, they say,
by walls and walls of white,
body wrapped in white,
mind, wrapped in this sick, fourescent white,
the white of pills.
protected, they say,
by barred windows, straight jacket, and needels.
protected, they say,
by the needles, pushing down, down
into my vein, silencing the voices,
killing them, my masters,
slaughtering my masters.
protected, they say,
by cuffs of steel, people of plastic, worlds of cold, hard, plastic, hearts of icy steel.
protected, they say,
though i am copletely open.
open to the words of mindless judgement, mindless fools
i want to be out there, with all the other children, watch them run and play, watch them bleed and cry,
whay am i the one, in here,
protected?
im not. i am an animal on display
locked inside this chemically treated cage,
protected,
protected, they say.
