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White dressers

White walls

Disgustingly bright orange carpet

Pops of color cover every inch

A kaleidoscope of pigments

Bright, soft, fluffy fabrics drape over a bed frame

Dark stained wood lines the walls

Black curtains undisguisable with the night

Blood red sheets or silver and gold

Always with a black comforter

Instruments put where ever they fit

Clothes strewn about the floor

Books on every shelf

Big, small, long, or  tall

Drawings adorn the bland walls

Bulbs of Christmas red hang down from the ceiling

But no longer

They are the first to go

Drawings are torn down

But these memories remain

Big, small, long, or tall

Boxes swallow books

Clothes put into bags

Instruments packed away

The bed is now just a mattress on the floor

Sheets still on but never as neat

The black night swallows this poem

Dark stained thoughts crowd this room

Bright, soft, fluffy feelings flee

A kaleidoscope of emptiness

Pops of old wounds reopening

Disgustingly, this along with others is tarnished

With white walls and white dressers

They will soon be packed away

~ Yours Truly