White noise fills my head
Keeping me ahead
Echoing and rebound
Pounding against my cranium

Pulsating headaches
Retching up my lunch
Spit slipping out
Waterfalls cascade out

See the world in negative
Stars shimmy in front
Clammy hands are quivering
Fingers becoming numb

Sweats and aches in bed
Swearing I'll be dead
Passed out on the lawn
Come morning I'll be gone



© Sofia Villagrana 2018

Someone stole my color
And threw it to the wind
Scattered like ashes
I don’t know if I’ll ever find it

Someone stole my color
From the face I know so well
I saw it in the cotton candy clouds
And the teal ocean swell

Someone stole my color
I guess that’s where it went
The world looks so much brighter
Like something heaven-sent

Someone stole my color
And that’s what no one knows
Depression isn’t black
It’s the color of a rose

It’s the light orange in a sunset
And the yellow of a peach
Light blue, my favorite color
So simply out of reach

Purple like my favorite eyeshadow
No, lavender, I’d guess you’d say
And my favorite music artist
Although he has passed away

Someone stole my color
Now everything’s too bright
I suppose sometimes darkness
Isn’t the opposite of light

Someone stole my color
So I’ll wear grey and black
As if in mourning
Until I get it back

Bid a Farewell to you
In a Pretentious way
Cynical and Mystical
As your face Concaves
Time strikes Done
And you Age Away
In Dismay and Decay
Finally, you're Overrun
By Lackadaisical Pain
Taking a moment to Fade
Into Colors of Grey



© Sofia Villagrana 2018