The quite in my room was deafening ; The portrait of the French lady on my wall stared at me with sympathy The yellow half torn run down pages wept tears of black ink on the floor My worn down knotted black weaves stroked my face as rivers of tears ran down my pink tainted cheeks As I lay on my wrinkled cream sheets The sky cried outside my window Covering everything in a grey hue Adding to my gloom I felt helpless , As a scream of despair got stuck in my throat I cried , screamed , thrashed in my sleep that night As the morning dawned And the first ray of the sun kissed my tear streaked cheeks The birds chirped a mellifluous tune And the sweet earthy scent of rain covered mud filled my room with a pleasant mood As I layed on my bed taking in a new morning I felt like a new being I got up Picked up the pages covered in black Ran a brush through my knotted weaves Washed my face of off its remnants from yesterday Determined to not be trapped in a cage of despair again I started anew ;