in the white room

strange

to be in a room with strangers.

white walled

and absent of frills.

in a bed

next to who.

eating

meals at a long table

with

people you never

knew.

and yet here you are

at home.

not yours,

or theirs, but a place

somewhere

on a hill, a strange

place,

unknown.

your eyes long for a color,

not white,

but red,

or green, maybe blue.