Psychiatric Hospital
Pen on paper and
Something flourishes,
Art so venturous
That a Monday needing
Mundane heart
Heartily nourishes.
When systematic changes
Individually bombards,
Prescribed medications and
Tranquilizers are injected
To bring anxious minds
Back to being calm.
Individual artistic sounds
From around the corridors,
Collaboratively opens
The heart's closed doors,
Providing soulful music
That'd never fall sick.
Dripping colors on pages
And mind-boggling scribblings
By thought-provoking sages
Who'd assuredly inspire
Several coming years,
And their caged peers.
Curious eyes peeping
Outside the window
To metaphorically
Mention a call for help
Through moving sketches
And musings interflow.
Wardens were aware
How to neurologically
And relievedly prepare
An enrolled newcomer
Into the routine life
Of a reborn naive.
Some stayed and never left,
Aging pale and bereft,
While some drastically
Improved in days
Only to find their ways
Out to stalled good-days.
Through their immersive
And intellectual art,
They threw impactful
And noticeable darts
At appointed doctors
And related visitors.
Finding stuffed pages
Of poetry and paintings
Were daily norms,
They knew eachother
Distinctly and practically
As if they lived in dorms.
The premises stood tall,
And pooled mentally sick
People who seemed to crawl,
Back to gaining concentration
For them to live humanely
Under required moderation.
Some cases were adjourned
Until forever, while some
Were put back together;
Some were torn apart,
While some sought their
Solace in pure art.
Subjected for a personal cause
With an inevitable pause,
It was unknowingly an
Institute performing fine arts
Within closed doors and
Close observation.
Manish Singh Rajput
Sun 28th Apr 2024 18:30
Thank you for your most generous and eloquent comment Bethany, Hélène and Tim. It means a lot to me. This took me some time and effort and looks like it paid off, phew!
Thanks to all those who liked this, they're very much appreciated.😊
There are walls, painful ones, idle ones, artistical and the ones which consistently and desperately show signs of betterment and cure. To end with, I can only echo Tim's words, "The thing about psychiatric hospitals is the definition and degree of psychosis depends on which side of a wall you are standing on."
Thanks again my friend.