White Walls
the world was colorless,
then you came along
all these things
people have done,
they said all the right
words that came out wrong
surrounded by a garden with
a rose bush and an orange tree
smiling towards the sun
with coffee stained teeth
Why won’t my brain
ever let me fall asleep?
Why can’t it
keep the peace?
these white walls
are closing in,
I don’t remember
how any of this happened
on these walls, I
want to paint a mural
and spread graffiti
throughout the allies
next to the markups of years
and years I've been keeping tallies
I was stuck in here
for a few months,
but you've helped me learn
how to open the walls up
- Leah Rae