A poem
“I Don’t Know”
3/31/06
I don’t know,
that’s the scary part.
My future is blank, a white sheet strung across the front window.
A can of red paint and a wooden paintbrush lie nearby.
Light shines through the thin white sheet,
but all I see is shadows.
The room is noisy, but completely empty,
a crooked picture hangs on the wall.
But the window still has my attention.
The shadows grow blurry, the window slowly fading,
as the picture frame slowly straightens.
But I close my eyes, and walk forward
nearing the vanishing window.
But the wind blows,
and the sheet shifts,
I smile.
The sheet is now splattered in red, the paint can half empty.
The paintbrush covered in red.

