Paradise
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.
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Avery Wall is from Greenwood, Mississippi. Considering that Avery tends to be bad with directions, she liked living in her small town but says that small...