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Winner (Poem) - July, 2024

Yellow Paint (3rd Position- 5th International Writing Competition) by rabeeya khawaja - Pakistan

The bleakness of November settles 

like dust on yellow paint. 

I wish to paint, but I do not find time. 

Over the days, the paintbrush will harden

like the pages of a book 

left alone, to the rain. 

Waiting out each minute

for something to ward off

the gray and angry storm,

or soften its rigid touch

to yellow paint... 

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