Gray.

Nothing but dull gray.

No color.  No sound.  No brightness or life.

Just Gray.

It is the color of nothing.

Bleak and Cold.

A color for mind-numbing.

There is no sound here.

Just a deafening silence,

That puts a buzz in my ear.

There is no brightness.

No beautiful colors,

Or fantastic style.

Just the same blouse and khakis.

Everywhere I look,

I see gray.

There is barely a silver lining,

Between these dark clouds.

But though it is silent

And you cannot hear my cries…

I will still search for my silver lining.

Where there is sound and light and colors and life.

Where there is brightness and happiness.

And when I find it…

My paradise…

No one will take it from me.