STARING CONTEST
TaJuan is an aspiring writer hoping to gain experience and growth through publishing passionate works, like this one, online for the world.
“look away”
i yell at the walls
for they had the gull
to stare
where?
at me
you see
each night
it's a fight
a contest
that decides
the best
starer
the walls versus i
four versus one guy
and it would be a lie
to say that i ever win
i'm a loser within
but each night
we dim the lights
and stare at one another
like a baby gazes at their mother
but with more ferocity
honestly
i hate these walls
but they’re all i have
when i'm in the bed
under the sheets
wishing to imitate dead
wishing to finally sleep
but can't
so i pace around
to and fro
to and fro
maybe to tire myself out
i don’t know
back and forth
back and forth
maybe with some thought
i could morph
to be something different
somewhere different
we call it a dream
nothing obscene
just an escape
from the hell
someone created
mated
were the walls and my mind
in a union to give me a bad time
tick tock
tick tock
goes the clock
keeping pace
like my feet
back and forth
to and fro
go go go
don’t stop
no stop
please drop
this game
blink blink blink
walls you win again
think think think
of somewhere to go
anywhere but here
count the sheep
one two three
four five six
pick up the sticks
seven eight nine
walls win every time
yes i remember
thoughts in circles
running laps
around an imaginary track
let me back track
okay walls
rematch