She’s mesmerized by what’s across the window. Green foliage of all shapes and sizes. Birds jetting around trees. Squirrels racing up and down oak bark, accenting the deep brown with their beautiful fur coat of grey sprinkled with maroon all around. The blue sky darkening when clouds obstruct the sunlight. She’s in love with the window view because it’s the only beauty she can witness from within the ash walls of the prison cell.

By Amber Black