The collections of thoughts you once wrote on a paper boat
Floated in a puddle, carefree in your school playground
There was too much of you in that single piece of paper
More than any of your resumes could ever have found

You used to love the color yellow
But they told you it was too bright
You dwell in fields of black roses grown over withered sunflowers
Searching for amber butterflies to light up the night

You wish my lullabies could help
Drown out the white noise of this erratic world
Tears drench the scarf I sewed for you
As you try to find love
That blows up all full stops into exclamation points
Strings of adventure and peace you hope it's knot joins

The best soup you ever made
Was in a bucket of cold water with crayon shavings
Drizzles of discipline now spill colorless rainbows
And when asked about your hobbies
You answer - "Nothing"


Your life is more complicated than the jigsaw puzzles
You solved when you were six
Bubbles and balloons mean nothing more
Than questions in physics
Orange trees growing inside your stomach on eating a seed were your biggest fear
Now weeds of anxiety slowly engulf your mind threatening to destroy all you hold dear

"The world is right and you are wrong"
They said
"Grow up"
They said…

Sadly, you listened
And forever in this cage you will remain imprisoned.