She lives in a dark room.

She is drawing a blue sea
on a piece of paper.

She’s using a black
pencil to draw
a sailing boat.
The sea that she draws
on a piece of paper –
it looks really very blue and quiet,
that when you look at it
you want to stay there
and look at it for ever.

She wants to add
to her bedroom some light
and a happy look.

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