rights withdrawn

Designed to sound humane

Every word rehearsed to death

So no one had to take the blame

Consent was implied by silence

Compliance baked into tone

I watched decisions get finalized

While I was still waking up alone

Initial here

Sign below

Everything's already decided

They said it was for my own good

Said it like that settled it

I went from subject to procedure

Without ever being asked about it

I didn't lose control screaming

I lost it calm and still

While they measured, labeled, documented

What I could no longer will

Time got sliced into increments

Rounds, charts, visiting hours

My name replaced by numbers

My body treated like property

They didn't need permission

They had precedent and cause

I wasn't resisting anything

I just wasn't part of the laws

Eyes on screens

Voices low

Authority sounds like certainty

They said it was for my own good

Said it like that settled it

I went from subject to procedure

Without ever being asked about it

I didn't lose control screaming

I lost it calm and still

While they measured, labeled, documented

What I could no longer will

This isn't violence

It's protocol

This isn't force

It's policy

They said it was necessary

Like necessity forgives

I wasn't saved by any system

I just survived what it did

If this is what protection looks like

I understand it now

You don't feel the moment it's taken

You feel it later

When you're allowed