Angela Tian Everyone has something around them. What about me? There is no “around” around me. Colorlessness, That is the only color here. Banishment, How many times does it happen? Painfulness, It’s the only feeling. Colorlessness, banishment, painfulness, Those are the components of my world. I am just a shadow, Remember, you’re just a shadow. No right to love, Neither to be loved. Shadow. I have a feeling that this is wrong. Just like wrights wrap a wreak. My world shouldn’t be like this. No light, at least night. No white, at least black. No music, at least noise. The darkness before doom, Withstand it, and exceed the light. Colorless, banishment, painfulness, They don’t belong here. Courage. I am not anyone’s shadow, The “around” around me is called understanding. Loneliness, I withstand. No “around” then created one. Just like how singularity did, Creating space. | 