Stupor - definition: 1. to be in a dumbfounded, paralyzed, or blank mental state; 2. a dull, sluggish, unresponsive mental state due to a psychiatric condition or caused by drugs or alcohol. Today I share a poem that this word inspired in me. Piercing light through barely open eyelids Noise assaulting ear drums Hands grasping head in frustration and fear Rocking back and forth Craving solitude and quiet Manhandled and coerced Limbs heavy and immobile Words indecipherable and sharp Longing for nothingness Welcoming a black hole of sensory deprivation