Stop Taking Away My Mind!

Keep me in bed
Keep me from eating real food
Keep me alone, isolated from other people
Keep me from being touched by anyone
Keep me from standing on my feet
Keep me from cleaning myself
Keep me in the same dirty sheets for months
Keep me any way you want

i can take it, all of it
I can carve a life out of whatever limitations you impose on me
I can work and create here in bed without any of these things
And find a meaningful life

But just don’t take my mind!
I cannot function without my mind
I cannot create without my mind
I cannot see through the fog
I cannot find perspective
I cannot see the beauty

So take what you will, but please, leave me with my mind!

Love,
Whitney