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Color

July 13, 2018
By joannah11 BRONZE, San Diego, California
joannah11 BRONZE, San Diego, California
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Yellow soap stains the bowl which drips

Red. A girl in

Ginger curled pigtails and a

Pink dress looks into the

Blue bowl and thinks that it is paint. She dips her

Apricot finger into the

Red and smears it onto the

White walls.

Red cracks under her

Peach nails and spreads onto the

Green curtains. She paints a

Red doll and grabs her markers to give it a

Purple dress. Her palms are coated

Red.


Grey lights spot a young mother who struggles. She feels her tangled

Grey hair and she feels his sharp

Grey nails clutching her delicate

Grey neck. She sees her

Grey reflection in the mirror and she remembers the

Grey pain that cascaded down her body for his

Grey smile. Her

Grey hands clasp around her stomach to make sure nothing

Grey is left there. His

Grey body blurs into the

Grey air. She takes her

Grey knife to relieve what she cannot relive.

Grey drips into a soap stained bowl.


The author's comments:

This piece was inspired by perspectives: I really wanted to convey how innocence can be lost after such a detrimental event. I also aimed to try and bring an important issue into the spotlight.


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