two windows

the day has turned
a little gray
and the way I saw two windows lined
in the brick house across the street
got
me thinking about school

and how when I was in
it didn’t hurt
to be
looking out
well
until caught at it

nonetheless where
the colors
were not made of paper or the time
of paper
either

but promise that we’ll get
to go
even if uncertain where
I should be going freely and so
learned to keep
a sense
and wish
for
freedom

hmm
and now the day is gold again

c l couch


photo by Waldemar Brandt on Unsplash
A little yellow house in the fishing town Büsum, North Sea.
the building across the street is red brick, but I like this photograph