Power meets me at the gate
And his message is I have to wait
To be myself 
Because my mental health
Is fragile and must be protected
I stare at the monstrosities he has erected
In the name of psychiatry 
But he does not believe me 
When I say that I am okay
He just looks away
And then into my eyes
But I’m a girl in disguise
And no longer bear the impression
Of someone soliciting a confession 
Of a true heart 
I feel the wheel start
To turn
And I burn
Under the weight as they intern 
Me in a camp for the broken
And the best of me remains unspoken 
As I try to explain
That you drink water because of the rain
That floods the fields from the sky
And we are only born so that we can die
Into the unknown
And my true colours shown
Earn me a certificate
It’s worse than a degree that my hunger whet
On the beach
Did you come here to teach
Me just what I am
And I resist the plan 
They have for me 
And fall into infinity 
And the body quakes
I have got the shakes 
On the carpeted floor of the dorm 
But these hailstones keep me warm 
And I love a good storm 
If it clears the air
If I speak the truth it’s because I was there


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