Your lighted passion
used to blind me,
but now your mind flickers
amid maddening thoughts;
I can’t watch you
fade away.
These padded walls
contain the whimpers
no one else hears;
I won’t wait for your voice
to become only
an echo in my memory.
You’ve confined yourself
to straitjackets,
assuming that because
they fit you well,
you are supposed
to struggle alone.
You’re insane
if you think the world
can live without
your smile.