Mental Hospital Hope
Cold skin
on a wet pillow-
a shadow person gyrates wildly
through a haze.
An unforgiving voice commands sleep.
Dear God
I've committed the crime
of embracing my pain.
I'll touch the Bible.
Published by Shirley A Mandel
Shirley A. Mandel is an award winning poet and the author of two books.. In addition to being a writer, Shirley Ann is a Vietnam vintage veteran and served her fellow veterans in the VA medical system as... View profile
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13 Comments
Post a CommentNice :)
This was obviously very emotional and personal....thank you for sharing it!!
Very expressive!
Shirley, I just realized I had not been getting notices about your writing. So I came over to see what was up, and there is your striking poem. Wonderful ending.
Your ending is tops!
I love how sincere you are with your writings..Thank you, Shirley!
WOW - yeah - cool ending!
love the happy ending
Good job :)
another an excellent poem, well done!