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This is part of a series of artwork that was born out of the early months of quarantine during 2020. The series titled, “Reconciliation with the Color Pink” is an effort to obtain control over my inner and outer environments during 2020.

Poem of the artwork:
pink walls 
color capsule 
of my womb
i was raised
the walls are watching 
listening 
they don’t defend me 
they watch me cry 
scream into my pillow 
i feel betrayed 
are you my love 
my place of safety 
or my cage
i run to you for healing 
yet you hold me captive for more
the words are echoed 
against your walls 
i hear them when i’m alone 
i hear them when i’m not 
what is your role
is it to comfort me
protect me
fine don’t 
i can take care of myself 
you are silent
a double agent 
you are not my walls 
you are someone else’s 
pretending to be my ally 
listening for my cries of injustice 
ready to turn me in
for we have no secrets here
in these pink walls

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