Enclosed Spirit Broad vision Extinguished Filtered through Narrow, hollow Corridors of minds Force fed placement Fragments of the self Unrecognizable, scattered and strewn In cruel abandon Toxicity spreads Into the nerves Preventing clarity The poison of others Under the surface Unspoken threat Makes the air thick With violence No peace of mind Or respite Until its grip is released Vague anxiety The oldest of its kind Thought entities attack On levels unseen Contagious and without reason Smothered by silence Spirit abused