Solitary Confinement
Thursday, March 17, 2005
Have you ever been ordered to strip
Before half a dozen barking eyes.
Forcing you against a wall -
ordering you to part your legs and bend over?
Have you ever had a door slammed
Locking you out of the world.
Propelling you into timeless space -
To the emptiness of silence?
Have you ever lain on a wooden bed -
In regulation pyjamas,
And tried to get a bucket to talk -
In all seriousness?
Have you ever begged for blankets
From an eye staring through a hole in the door.
Rubbing at the cold air digging into your flesh -
Biting down on your bottom lip, while mouthing
. "Please, Sir"?
Have you ever heard screams in the middle
. of the night.
Or the sobbings of a stir-crazy prisoner.
Echo over and over again in the darkness -
Threatening to draw you into it's madness?
Have you ever rolled up into a human ball
And prayed for sleep to come?
Have you lain awake for hours
Waiting for morning to mark yet another day of
. being alone?
Have you?
-Robert Walker.
~sallo
8:48 pm
