YOU hold me hostage

by Ala Ilescu · Montreal, CA

"YOU hold me hostage" watercolor on 140 lb paper 11" x 15" When I read Michaela's poem I was inspired to paint this. And later I used it in my book "My sad is sadder than yours". It illustrated this poem : My disease is a freeloader you moved in with me little by little step by step stored your clothes in my drawer placed your slippers at my door (quietly) wrote your name down on my doorbell put your toothbrush next to mine step by step little by little you moved in with me so gradually I didn’t see or hear you coming and now you decide whether I sleep or lay awake all night whether I eat or feel nauseous all the time you decide whether I get up or stay in bed all day whether I step outside or hide myself away you hold me hostage in my own body in my own home rob me of everything I thought I owned it’s not mine anymore it’s yours nothing’s mine anymore it’s all yours. Michaela Malek