Drop me down in the somber chamber of reflection to sleep in silent isolation

Let me dream forever as a drift down the river, flowing to the end

There's no itch, nor no shiver;

I forget me again

Take it in: artificial rays of light peer into me

Paper walls; leave me exposed, yet secluded

Breathing in, my lungs shutter in synchronicity with the seconds I descend into a haze of medication

A drab cycle spinning

The curtains of our eyes, weighed down in exhaustion

Sleeping for days, unawakened and nauseous

Some familiar, look around

Inverted world - upside down

What of the self that I’d known?

With every pill, I feel it falling away

An ethereal erasure, taken to the fabric of my fragile state of being

Removing all of my feelings

Screaming at ceilings