interpreting {blank canvas}

behind these walls
[began something never, quite, ended,]
behind these walls
[deafening whispers]
behind these walls
[music, I was, not hear]
behind these walls
[we built the unseen]
behind these walls
[I learned how to draw lines]
behind these walls
[where my canvas became more than sand]

​behind those walls
(crumbling into dust)
​
in their place
{the past, buried, not forgotten,}
in their place
{the fear quivers, but does not win}
in their place
{a hum, a melody}
in their place
{a voice}
in their place
{we carry on,
so see us.}

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