These Four Walls

Four Days in February, 2011.....
Written at Community Memorial Hospital, Mental Health Unit, Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin.

Sleeping through visiting hour

crying myself to sleep in the shower

these four walls have educated me

on just how alone I seem to be

text messages and telephone lines

Friendship and love made somehow blind

cant see

can't feel

but I love

Pushing down on my shoulders

Weight of the world is growing older

These sore muscles have educated me

on just how small I seem to be

I have a big heart and a need to live

romance made somehow impossible to give

can't touch

can't show

but God, how I love