Black Magic

           by 

Pavithra Nair, Grade 9

Black was always my favorite color

Like the ink that filled my pen

Like the night spangled with a million stars

Like the blank thoughts that I dared not speak

Black was the color that I always chose

To draw attention in a crowd

To cover the splinters of my character

To pave the way for me to walk,

I was always attracted to black,

But when I followed it blindly,

It led to the path of my demise.

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