Shades of Gray

Keep your head up, don't let your troubles get to you. It will always get better.

You sit there

In class

Alone

In the corner.

Your head

Is down

Eyes closed

Like you're shutting out the pain.

You are 

As still as a statue,

Don't make a sound

Pretend you don't exist.

But I know

Deep down

You long to be running

Away from the pain, the pressure, the sadness.

I know

You think you see

Only in black.

But don't forget

That even black

Has shades of gray.

Author's Note

What do you guys think about the meaning of the poem?

Reviews

[Sunset Girl]

Since I'm really into photography, the first thing you learn is that there no black and white, only shades of gray.
I look at this poem like everyone might look at the person you talked about, putting them in the section of "black" but no one takes the time to see this person doesn't belong there (meaning the shades of gray).