Walls

Thank you to Fledgling Poet for the prompt “walls”. Please stop by One Single Impression to sample the wonderful offerings.

mu⋅ral

[Middle English, of a wall, from Old French, from Latin mūrālis, from mūrus, wall.]

noun

a large picture painted or affixed directly on a wall or ceiling.

adjective

of, pertaining to, or resembling a wall.

ochre

if there is a wall

that cannot be moved

spray it

with the pigment

of your dreams

Francine, Francine

I live in the coolness of the grotto

my eyes have grown large

I first slipped through the wall

hoping to leave this world alive

Now the walls are too close

and breathing

Francine, Francine.

I need some air.

Harold and the Purple Crayon.

Harold wants to go for a walk in the moonlight, but there is no moon, so he draws one.

Harold and the Purple Crayon is one of my all time favorite books. I must have read it hundreds of times burrowed under the covers as a child and at least twice as many times to my daughter Emma who insisted on counting ever window in the city that Harold invents. (She was also very interested in the pies!) With basic line drawings in the color purple Harold is able to create an entire world. It all starts with the pen…or the crayon.

“Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.”

John Lennon