i put your picture away

a lot of things are beige
mostly walls
sometimes papers of things we don't want to read
pretty things are beige too
this wasn't pretty

it's not really the colour you should know
it's the old library book smell
and the thick layer of dust on an old box you don't want to open

the beauty though, lay in the action, of tossing beige
of opening the book, and dusting off the box
the beauty is the quiet calm
after the rage of stomach turning

the beauty is grace