Day Ward Cut-Art

The sign reads hanging on the wall, Me on a great day

Cut art

Cut photos from magazines

Glued carefully on cardboard

Women

Cats

Lust

Rock stars

Musicians

Birds

Babies

Food

Cut words like Staying strong

Love

And

Fourth of July treats

All of these things Bring

Some type of normalcy to the ones stuck inside this place

Hope for the hopeless

For you see

Shadows dance with madness in the mad house

While the monkey’s boney hand clings to the user’s back

We all have a dependence

A crutch to make it through

What’s yours?

Or

Are you not ready for the day ward yet?

The rehab waiting room?

Where sweat covered bodies are handed coloring books

And told

This will help occupy your time

This poem is from my book : Petals Falling