Madhouse

Laughter echoes down the hall,
along with the shrieks of pain.
Cries of anguish coming from all sides,
I close my eyes,
cover my ears for I don't want to hear.

Disconcert with reality,
trying to take hold of sanity.
Who am I?
Different personalities trying to get hold of my injured mind.

A wall of shadows rise up before me.
Stranded and forsaken,
nowhere to go, but here.
Lying down, hugging my knees.

The thin line between madness and sanity
is slowly being extinguished.
Is this the only escape?
Escape from this melancholy state.

Laughter again rises from the ground,
as cries of pain pervades my mind,
shouts of rage fill the coarse air.
As I carefully cross the line.