looking around in a class full of my peers, some laughing, some attentively listening and waiting, some bobbing their heads to the tune of music. i look to my left, and say, when you look at me what do you see? the words pretty and kind come from her lips but i cant see it? all i see is a painting, almost finished, then smeared and ripped up, a beautiful sunset, covered by a sky of clouds. beautiful underneath, disappointing on the outside.
what it is to be in a quiet classroom filled with only your thoughts