Look at the white walls shine.
The black curtains,
The grey clothes.
The door is open,
Doesn’t it look lovely?
Switch.
Now the walls are black,
The curtains shine white for all to see,
The clothes remain.
The door is shut,
Don’t you dare try to peak.
Switch.
Open door.
Welcome to my nice clean home,
No scratches on the walls,
Not a speck of dust in sight.
What do you mean…
I… I am sorry…
I just had to clean.
Yes sir, I know it is spotless but…
It really did need cleaning..
I’m not..
I understand.
I’ll be out in a moment.
Closed door.
Switch.
I am cleaning as fast as I can.
It is all going too quickly.
Only moments before another open door
And the walls are black again.
They see gleaming white through the curtains,
They think it is ***** and span.
Little do they know my little arms are scrubbing
Faster than I can comprehend.
Open Door.
No Switch.
Not this time.
He has seen..
The walls drip with ***** water
I couldn’t clean up in time
What will he say?
What should I do?
Silence.
He picks up a sponge
Without saying a word.
Starts scrubbing with me,
This is not his first time hiding the darkness.
Switch.
Each day from then on,
We scrubbed each others rooms.
No one would see the dirt on our hands.
No one.
And in the night, when we were all alone..
Switch.
Darkness again,
And this time,
We sit in it together.
And for the first time,
We do not have to hide.
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