time traveling
i time jumped
searching for your answer
after all the years
of beating fists on walls
the midnight fights
the children cowering in their beds
echoing through that house in the suburbs
and i am still there
looking for some kernel of truth
about you and me in our yellow bedroom
waiting for you to answer
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Wow, a sad story told well. To me it says some things are never answered or even could be
Yes, truly some never are and you can get stuck in that loop.
about you and me in our yellow bedroom
This line & its details intrigue me.
Yellow is supposed to be calm. What is The Yellow Wallpaper? Poem?
I love how this poem gets to the speaker returning to memories over & over, trying to make sense of some trauma that can (probably) never be understood.
Thank you!
there is so much depth below the surface here. truly felt.
I’m glad you felt it. Many levels. I tried to layer w few details
“about you and me in our yellow bedroom” – good line! For some reason yellow and bedrooms always makes me think of The Yellow Wallpaper. Nicely done here.
What is the yellow wallpaper? A poem?
It’s a short story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Chilling.