A Typical Day on the Psychiatric Ward
Wake up at eight after a fitful sleep
Stagger into the day room where a depressed woman weeps
Dressed in a nightie she shouts and bawls
While the staff are outside waiting for role call
Eating soggy cornflakes watching Jeremy Kyle
In come the cleaners in uniforms they file
Cleaning the bedrooms it's pretty hard slog
One pulls a vacuum like dragging a dog
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Thursday 31st October 2013 7:04 am
Schizophrenic on a Mission
I sit in my room alone but with a presence
My nerves are like lightning, electrified and effervescent
After an all night vigil, the day breaks through the sky
My bodies finely programmed, just like my wired up mind
The voices in my head command me wisely
While the messages from the telly inform me concisely
On my objectives, plans and aims
To go outside on a mi...
Tuesday 29th October 2013 9:40 pm
Mental Health Victims
In Pyjamas creased like discarded paper
Shuffling aimlessly in worn down slippers on flaccid feet
Come the fresh patients commited to the psychiatry machine
Eyes stare intently into space in obscure realms of fantasy
With word salad jabber so wayward and bewildered
For morning medication they agitatedly wait
Chlorpromazine drugged psychotics limbs tremoring like je...
Sunday 1st September 2013 5:45 am
Mental Health Incarceration
Mental Health Incarceration
In Pyjamas creased like discarded PaperShuffling aimlessly in worn down slippers
Come the fresh fodder for the Psychiatric Machine
Eyes staring intently into obscure realms of Fantasy
With word salad chatter so wayward and bewildering
For morning medication they agitatedly wait
Chlorpromazine drugged Psychotics, li...
Friday 7th June 2013 6:35 am
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