this is not a locked ward
it is classified open:
acute
I checked
but I am standing
waiting
for staff to open up
let me enter
to notice that I am here
there is a gaggle of them
talking in the nurses station
they are too busy
to pay attention
~
and this is it
my new ward
the ward of rumour
and innuendo
the place of raised eyebrows
and a muttered
good luck
when it is mentioned
when my new role
is spoken of
this is that place
so many lost souls
directionless
falling under the sway
and barely existing
within these crazy walls
day after day
it seems tragic
and then
there are the patients
~