the room

Harry

I’m floating

I don’t know why I am floating

Or how I am floating

So I look down

Below I see a room

A boy sits below me

Blankly staring at the wall that faces him  

Does he know I’m there?

 

And on the wall, there’s a flag

It’s got 6 colours on it

Red

Orange

Yellow

Green

Blue

Violet

 

And there’s a poster on the wall

It’s got one colour on it

White

 

And there are lines on the boy’s arm

Lines of a life too great a burden for the boy

And he doesn’t want to leave the room I think

Because he’s just sitting there

 

With the flag

And the poster

And the lines

 

Im falling

I’m falling and I’m scared

I’m scared because I don’t want to hurt the boy

He looks peaceful

 

I’m in the room

With the flag

Red

Orange

Yellow

Green

Blue

Violet

 

With the poster

White

 

And the boy is gone

And I’m there instead

 

With the flag

And the poster

And the lines

 

  • Author: H (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: June 6th, 2022 08:37
  • Comment from author about the poem: this poem is the first in a series of 5 poems called ' the numbers project'. They centre around mental health and emotion
  • Category: Sad
  • Views: 40
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Comments2

  • Katie

    I really like the complex emotions and simplicity to this peice. The repetition with the colours is really affective and sticks with you really well. the part about the lines on the person and the line 'a life too great a burden for the boy' was fantastic and held so much emotion in such few lines. Thats so cool!!! Continuing, I love how the changed repetition conveys uncertainty, confusion and fear by the ghost? towards the boy. Over all, this is a really good poem, and with simple words tells so much.

  • k1rby

    well that nearly made me cry
    idk why tho maybe bc im high on sleep deprivation 😛
    or bc its so good lmao
    i love the symbolism and the repetition of the colours is effective bc u haven't overdone it

    sorry if that made no sense its nearly 2am here



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