[ 2 years ago ]

the hallway like a tunnel

of color / splashes of pink,

neon green, and gold / her

blue jeans and rose red

trench coat blending in / to

become part of the rainbow

/ so she could be mixed into

the recipe called school /

just a chameleon fading into

the background / for some-

times going with the flow is

the easiest way to get to the

other

side

for her, it was like watching

faces over the windowpane

of a subway train / watching

them as their lips blossomed

into lopsided smiles / watch-

ing as their faces blurred in

mid-laugh / watching eyes

with colors beginning with

all the letters of the alphabet /

watching conversations

evolve and

bloom

and die

for her, it was like watching

through a pane of glass /

seeing everything never

experiencing / feeling the

energy and emotions mixed

in the room and knowing

hers would never be

like

theirs

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before she saw him the world was a black and white blur and she was on the edge, holding on but always s l i p p i n g away

before she saw him all the c o l o r s she saw with her broken eyes were coated with a grayscale filter

before she saw him her body was consumed with plastic and she could not breathe or feel her legs and all she could do was watch as everyone laughed and acted as if there were no monsters under the bed anymore, w a t c h as they bloomed like sunflowers in the rain while she drowned in torrents of colorless blood

before she saw him she was just another new student d r o w n i n g in a river of raincoats and umbrellas in the school hallway

before

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a

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after she saw him

all

the stars

in

her sky

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