Las Paredes

(The Walls)

By Eleanor Cowell

Sunk sheets,

warm air,

closed eyes drink rippling thoughts.

The walls can’t tell me

what the dark won’t show me.

I lay,

and I make my own walls in my mind.

Past and blankly,

frankly,

just

waiting to unwind.

eleanorcowell.com

@eljoart

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