These Four Walls

These four walls 

Only echo and magnify the sound, 

Letters scattering onto the floor 

Like board game pieces. 

The weight is heavy, 

Burdens inherited in a single gesture. 

Staring into his eyes, 

Praying the boredom doesn't show in hers. 

Disguised in pretty diamonds, 

Perfection played before a mesmerized audience, 

Their applause her validation, 

Strangers ignorant with blind admiration.-