The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 9:55am
Today I have seen
the contemporary slash
of Silver on
My Horizon
& still,
when I blink
in the bathroom
before the washer & dryer
I see the customary
strip of Lime Green
My Journal for statements
Tonight in My Bath
of necessity
I took out the purple
galaxies folding down around Me
& laid them on the edge
of The Universe
for safe-keeping
The Hawk Exercise Room 9:57am
M(EYE) Pill
is M(EYE) Power
prescribed by My Tall
Psychiatrist
— I don’t want to mess
with Him —
EYE take It twice a day
@ 9:11
& It kills
Me
X — Miss Morning, The Hawk Guzzle 11:57am
EYE have walked to the ends
of The Earth —
well Canada anyway —
& found not
a pot of gold but
that of Silver & Coal —
Coal Black like
My Onyx Pen —
My Black Jesus underwear
My Painting on My Basement Floor
& The Flock of Crows
accompanying Me
along The Beach
where there’s a rock
I was intending to sit on
but the sand has shifted
so now The Guzzle
surrounds My Seat
& I can only look
at Its barnacles to get
My Bearings
& return along the liquid silver
of the waves
Dec 19, The Yarmouth psych unit NOON
I have been moved
from The Therapeutic Quiet Room
to a bed of My Own
wrapped in bronze & silver filigree
spread with cotton linens
I have just ingested 5mg. of Olanzapine —
part of a new, high, regime
but I am compliant here —
minding My Own business
& not that of THE WORLD
—
Dec 19, Yarmouth psych unit no watch
EYE Love M(EYE) Heart
It is M(EYE) heart
It makes Me happy
when I feel it
beating
—
EYE miss My Cat Astro
I miss hugging Him & cuddling Him
I love Him
—
Dec 20th 2015 Psych unit
I arrived bare-foot
in black negligee
& bullet-proof vest
to a place where Mental Illness
is a fact
when I have been trying with My Heart
to have it
not be so
—
Dec 20th 2015 The psych Unit 10:28am
EYE am dressed
in robes
of hospital care
& am on My bed
of quiet.
I have a crying friend
who has been a comfort to me
as I have been to her
& we have cried all morning
—
Dec. 20th 2015 Psych Unit 1:54pm
EYE sit through
these long & lonely hours
hoping the phone will ring
for me
knowing I will sob & cry
to whomever loves
me.
—
Dec. 20th The Yarmouth Psych Unit 3:05pm
MY SILVER WALL
I stand aloft My Silver Wall
with my light upon the bricks
I see & stand & cry in all
my grief — finally finally
set free
I see the silver through
my tears & know how far
I’ve come
—
Dec 21, 2015 psych unit 4:07am
EYE AM IN M(EYE) PRECIOUS TIME
The veil is off
The veil of The Second Coming
is down
my heart is exposed
& it is a beautiful heart
—
Dec 22, 2015 My Room in The Psych Ward 10:00pm
LITTLE STRIPED SILVER FISH
Today in My Room
of Bronze & Silver
I was visited by a bug
Who looked to be trying to hide
I did not squish him
but let him roam free
allowed to say hello
to the next patient
after me.
—
Dec 23, 2015 My Room @ the psych ward 8:55am
A SILENT PRAYER
God, I speak my voice to you
& know you listen to every word
grant me the security
of MIND
that I will see My Destiny
& Live It
to The Fullest
I love You,
Joanna
The Hawk Dining Room 7:20am
The Sky is clear
but for a lateral
curling of cloud
grey & slanted toward the South
along My Ocean Horizon
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 6:55pm
EYE have decided to leave
My Fuchsia Lip Print
on The Rim of My Sacred Life Glass –
It rests
like a purple leaf above
the scripted “Life”
set in Black
& EYE drink from It
layer upon layer
The Hawk Kitchen 8:30am
When I see
The Magic
on My Kitchen Clock
I stand back —
EYE take It in —
those Numbers : 2:22
or 9:11
or M(EYE) Best Friend —
10:22
Those Numbers take Me back
& fill Me Whole
with the recall
of M(EYE) most famous
Moment
22 years ago:
10:22
The Moment with M(EYE) Lover
Who accepted Me
& what EYE said
unconditionally
The Hawk Beach Guzzle 3:25pm
The Universe
is a stretch of beach
be-spotted with the turds of gulls
each spray or puddle is unique:
The Galaxies
of The Ocean’s Lull
The Hawk Basement Exercise Room 10:38am
On My C2 Rowing Machine
I breathe with My Mouth
Open
I breathe in The Air
from The Basement Window
Cracked —
I breathe in The Air
of Nova Scotia
& I don’t even care
if The Roof of My Mouth
goes dry
Joanna Gilman Hyde 