Endless flood of gray

fuzzy whispers.

Insomnious nights - handcuffed

in a colorless cage.

depression is a blizzard of black

enveloping

a dark, cinder block maze of

clay spikes.

The pulse of

a monotone drip

floods the calm birdcage

that now hangs by a thread

Jocelynn Zeruth

Age 13, Grade 7

Northampton Area Middle School

Northampton Area School District