The Box Poem by Stacey Stevens

They put us here when they
Have nowhere else to put us.

They expect us to agree with their
Rules and procedures.

They punish us even if they
Know that we’re right.

They tell us we can’t go here
Or there, now or then.

They keep us from the freedom
That is rightly ours.

They give us medications enough
For the world.

They are the reason when
Everyone ask “Why did you change? ”

They have us trapped in the
Box of San Pasqual Academy