Sounds Indescribable, Colors Anew
TaJuan is an aspiring writer hoping to gain experience and growth through publishing passionate works, like this one, online for the world.
It started out as a typical late-night drive
Just me, you, and exhaustion
It followed us everywhere
Exhaustion
Could never really pinpoint why
Even during the weeks of excessive hibernation
Exhaustion comforted us all the same
The radio serenaded us with a soft piano ballad
That I had heard many times before
Stale, but familiar
Just like the colors of the night
A Crayola box of colors that pranced around
In a lovely dance unappreciated by all
For the beauty of the night eluded the many people who were out
They looked to be elsewhere, either past or future, but never present
The present has become too dull
And exhaustion accompanied them in every step
You were bothered by this
As you asked me, “do you think they’re happy?”
I responded blankly
“I’m not so sure”
You seemed dissatisfied with my response
To comfort you, I added with words I hardly believed
“How could they not
For it’s such a beautiful night”
You reply with a fire in your voice
“But is this real beauty?
I can’t accept it to be
No matter how vibrant the colors may be,
No matter how powerful the music we create,
For there must be…
More
Something More
Someplace out there where the sounds…
The sounds are indescribable
Colors Anew.
Somewhere unfamiliar
Somewhere unknown
Somewhere I’d like to be”
We didn’t talk for a while after that
All that could be heard was the piano ballad
Which began to sound less and less
Grand
Eventually,
The end of the road neared
Following that
Was a cliff.
I began to turn around
But then I caught a glimpse of your eyes
Eyes that spoke very clearly
Eyes that revealed unspoken truths
Eyes that expressed an emotion yet to be defined
Eyes that said
“We will be okay.”
Because for you, the cliff wasn’t a dead end
But a path unpaved
A smile formed on my face
And my foot became lead
It was at that point exhaustion bailed
For it couldn’t make it to the place we were going
Wherever that may be
Our car soared through the air
We exchanged our love for each other
As the pianist hit their last note
And the tired world
Once filled with outdated colors
Faded to black
