Writing

Crayons on white walls

Finger-paint on newsprint

A voiceless child struggles to find

The image

The color

Of her feelings

Colored chalk on sidewalks

Hangman, hopscotch

She tries to connect

Spray paint on buildings

Frustrated youth

Vandalized by her emotions

Red ink on skin

Across her wrist

Marking blue vein

Ashen pages—

Voices in permanent black ink

Silently scream across the page

Blotted ink runs

Smudges

Smeared

Fingers peck at the keyboard

Thoughts dance across the radiant screen

She grasps the stars

Pours them across the sky

Until words are formed.

Her blood across your heart

Can you hear her words?

Understand her thoughts?