Bethlem

Into an icy bath
His screams ignored
Shackled to a bed
Left in darkness

Medieval torture
Justified
A patient's madness
Amplified

The barren courtyard
A fleeting reprieve
Experimentation
Worsens disease

Medieval torture
Justified
A patient's madness
Amplified

Unabating torture
Over centuries

They are trapped in a living purgatory
Inside this gothic prison
The long forgotten
Haunt these halls

The long forgotten
Haunt these halls
The restless souls
Eternal prisoners

Decaying structures
Monuments
To the cruelty
Of shifting "modern" opinion