Yellow Wallpaper

what is one to do when no one takes you by the hand
this nervous condition
shadows play across the wall
in certain lights I can see a different shade
the pattern crawls
the pattern calls
why must I be the one that has to suffocate
why must I linger
every moment filled with
lies, remove the lies
lies, see the lies
beyond the lies
the truth is written in her face
a formless figure
at the edge of vision
skulking, hiding
in this solemn, sleepy place
a lurid orange
a sickly sulphur tint
why must I stay
everything's a mystery
mental chains
every moment filled with
lies, remove the lies
lies, see the lies
Behind the pattern the shapes grow clearer every day
It's like a bad dream
she is standing on the road
shake the bars
shake it hard in the moonlight
yellow walls
soon I will break out
unblinking eyes
follow every move I make
she advances'
every moment filled with
lies, see through the lies
lies, see the lies
everything will be OK
every wall will decay