A White Bedroom
I like to stretch across the floor
And stare at the painted tiles up above
To outline the crevices with my eyes
And feel the gritty white using the surface of my gaze
I want to stain each square
Splatter my thoughts onto its hard canvas
Paint an image of my mind
And watch my memories play before me
To capture the repressed
Alongside the cherished
I want to reach up
And stroke the untouched with unclean fingertips
See my skin prints matched
Against the purity of white paint over old tiles
This room is old
And painted over
I wonder if a girl before me
Has wanted to taint
And done so
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 569 |
Words | 113 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 19 |
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