Lucy Walsh
Photography and Poem By Mia Middleton
Home among the crisp smell of paper rippling pages break the silence the smooth sliding of one yellowing page against the other Lost in a world of colors a world not her own The Good Kid The Obedient One The Responsible One just say yes put on a smile Yet love holds her heart tight the duty coming naturally friends, family, altruism as an inexplicable feeling pushes her to solve the evil that plagues humanity A bright summer sunrise warm on her skin through the leaves the rough bark embracing her at first like a single café light within the dark abyss a tiny golden flame It grows brighter brighter Brighter Her soul lighting the world around her Yet among the worn wooden bookshelves the corners rubbed smooth soft chairs like a cozy hug a mix of old and new the world of colors beckons her back