As yellow turns to grey

My room was yellow

It was bright yellow with palm trees that my mom and I had painted

I invited my friends to see my new and improved room while I sat back and proudly watched their reactions

This memory was nine years ago

Over the past year I slowly began to loath my yellow walls

Comparing them to the beige, grey and white walls of my peers

“I’m almost 18 and I still have palm trees on my walls”

I had years of hoarded knickknacks coated my mantle, radiator and dresser

For so long I was unable to let go of these little treasures,

But I learned to let go, and now my walls are grey.