Asylum Poem by Stefanie Fontker

Asylum

Rating: 5.0


Mad Woman,
Where are you kept?
Hidden amongst the others
Those like you,
Injected with apathy
Snorting their pills
Just another
Hideous face
In the corridors
Plain lady,
Lipstick smeared
Across your face
Stop biting your nails
Quit scratching your cuts
Who has last visited,
Your mother
Or your lover?
Circus act, freak
You are the main show
Do they bring flasks
To your meetings?
Have they come to watch
You frolic in the trees?
Happy, carefree
As your nurse
Tugs on your leash
'Come here, girl
Your medicine is ready! '

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Stan Petrovich 13 July 2011

Stunning. Original. You are in my Hall of Fame just for this single poem. Soon I will read the others.

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Tunika Onnekikami 15 July 2011

This is unlike anything I have ever read. It's completely different and tells a story of an unknown world. I love this poem!

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Abandoned in the asylum!

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Janelle Molony 06 July 2022

I enjoyed this poem for several reasons and have featured it on my social media page: @sevenyearsinsane

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Dave Walker 11 September 2011

Great poem. I've seen a lot of things In my time and this poem is bang on. Take a look at my poem called dreams Of a child. With how things was in them Days in england you was always on the Edge of madness if you had a bad family Life. Really good write.

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without a name Face 21 August 2011

that is sooo sad, it's like... oh, there are no words, .... it's sooo good. It's amazing how yoou spin words, I think you are AMAZING!

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Allemagne Roßmann 14 August 2011

Bad stories for uneducated and underprivileged asylum seekers be it due to war and or be they are economic.In Canada with its 70% english and 30% french counterparts were also imports from Europe due to Hitler.I dunno how people welcomed them the residents then and now it is the world almost living there be it not not much germans.But the conditions of people are in first occasion very precarious when they come with no backgrounds or education.I dunno what degree of chances they have from governments depending upon the acceptance ratio but god bless them become into worth-mentioning and renowned immigrants

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