| Colors of Humanity |

Brick Orange

Life has never been good to her

as a baby
the stork gave her to uncaring hands

but she managed to grow
even without love;

As a teen
whenever she tried
to speak her mind
they told her to shut up

And with time
she started to shut up

close herself in

building a castle
of all the bricks
people had thrown at her

It was fit for a queen;

But the people never got nicer

And around the castle
was built a wall
to keep the world out

No one shall see
what crown jewels
were guarded in those halls

But with time
she became colder

And the people never became nicer

Her kingdom was built on
defensiveness

But time made it rot
and hate made it aggressive

So she stepped out
of her enclosed throne room

and took the highest bricks of the wall

one by one

to throw them at the crowd

Blood spilled

bones c r u s h e d

but she did not stop

And the wall became smaller,

The crowd became smaller

Her front yard was a war ground

But she would not stop;

And when the wall was gone

she ripped out
the bricks of the towers
of her home

with dirt crusted hands
and chipped nails
the rage gave her strength

so she aimed
and threw

as the rain started to pour

It did nothing to make her stop

her hands started to bleed
like the faces of her enemies

so she continued

tearing her castle to the ground
and throwing the bricks around

until
there were not even

r u i n s

left;

Her knees met the ground
and her breathing came in
jolts

dead bodies covering the grass

and

her guard was down

she had no wall

no more

she had no castle

no more

And terrified
she realized
that she has never been so exposed;

Now people could see her

and what she has become.