Asylum

warmth replacing coldness L I G H T S flood the DARKNESS G L I T T E R I N G sanity instead of a world of MADNESS MINDLESS PANIC AND AGONY controlled with pain impression of being unstable S T R A N G E D S O N E I J I T D TERRIFYING DREAMS the echoes bombarded her pushing aganist each other until they're one long S C R E A M the pain was incredibly personal "WE LOST HER FOR GOOD" as they agreed with annoyance A CONVIENANT METHOD OF DISPOSAL

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Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen

Date: 7/3/2009 2:33:00 PM

You, dear Brandy, are saying a lot with your words. You have arrived to the place in writing where your words will influence others. Keep writing, Dane

Rhia Madison Thomer

Date: 5/25/2009 9:09:00 PM

as always chillingly brilliant my dear! we feel your poetry, we see your poetry, we are not simply READING it. brilliant my dear, brilliant

Colin Mitchell Williams

Date: 5/25/2009 6:25:00 AM

.. so individual ! brilliantly put together Brandy and the last two lines just reverberates with depth... real talent !

Carolyn Devonshire

Date: 5/24/2009 1:56:00 PM

Wow! Love the way you laid out this poem to enhance the impact! Though Florida government officials have deinstitutionalized people with disabilities and try to keep elders out of nursing homes, no one seems to pick up the torch for people with mental illnesses. Great work! Love, Carolyn