Over heard conversations from a hospital bed

“She had an overdose…
She was so close…”

Not close enough
I hate this stuff
The cotton wool haze
Where I spend my days

“Danger to herself…
She needed some help…”

Help being drugs
To shake off the bugs
Depression that’s eating
The body it’s beating

“Look at that scar…
I wonder how far…”

Too far for you
I know that is true
I couldn’t cope
With a life of no hope

“I’ll stay a while…
Might make her smile…”

I can’t smile again
I’m in too much pain
I hate medication
And all this sedation

“She fought all the way…
But we forced her to stay…”

I can’t see my friends
To make the amends
My mother’s gone home
And left me alone

“Here’s your pill…
So you’ll stop being ill…”

My consciousness cowed
I slip back into cloud
The depression is finished
At least for a minute