Your Room - Mia Doi Todd

I try

To remember your room

There were three doors

Leading to bathroom, closet, living-room

And there were two windows

With their blinds always drawn

To keep out other people’s eyes

And the harsh summer sunlight

As you sat on your downy white bed

I try

To remember your room

Cinderblock bookshelves laden with

Pretty picturebooks to look at

As I sat on your downy white bed

Learning about people, times and places

I’d probably never know

I try

To remember your room

Three big drawings on thick white paper

That would billow with the summer breeze

Over our heads

As we sat

On your downy white bed

Looking at children’s drawings, convict watercolors

And eventually

The three paintings that I made thee

I try

To remember your room