Psychiatric ward
I sit amongst
Other sick souls
It's Dr's waiting room
Trying to find succour
Each one of us
Has a story to tell
How we got here
Why we live our hell
No broken bones
No signs of sores
Just the pains within
That ails our souls
Some of us
Do display some tears
A nervous tick,
Imaginary fears
A vacant look
With smile so scant
It's all age groups
All classes and clan
The doctor says
It's chemistry at play
The brain chemicals
Gone awry and astray
Trying to set us right
Curing us of
melancholia and fright
But little do they know
What triggered this fight
Malady of
apocalyptic might
When I came
In to this world
Tabula rasa
was the word
Someone scratched
And broke that slate
Now I sit and contemplated
About my history, ruminate
Some day I will
Break the code
True password
To healthful abode
Nalini Jyotsana Chaturvedi
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