Asylum

Pale specters flit across the walls 
Afraid, I shiver as they leer
Moonlight dances down the halls
This time I might just disappear 

My ghosts move to the rhythm 
Of unheard music 
Sometimes I begin to sway with them
In this blank place I’ve become a ruin

They lock me in my padded room
Where I hug myself and cry in fear 
And in the corners the shadows loom
There is no recovery to be found here
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018

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