Tuesday, May 31, 2022

Coloring Book

 

You have a chameleon.

You give art to life.

It has been a long road.

Love is reexamined.

 

Like a thief, you swoosh by.

You give contradiction with both palms.

Your colors are fluorescent.

You’re fading away.

 

A child looks at you.

She desires to eat.

You are responsible;

You tend to like that.

 

Most cryptic sunrise,

Days are windy,

Pain is art,

Many are coloring you in.

 

 

You must drift, looking for feelings, encouraged to become stoic. Most mythical creature, created by parents, dying the rings. Men and women of joys, husbands with privileges, wives with riches. Tales of preference, intense passion, the tender acme became a beast. Hell to fancies, we’re honoring bonds, one stands at the seashore. Erotic pastime, moistened jewels, champagne seized with intolerance. Generational repetition, tending to tender terrors, reckless confidence. (You felt quakes, a woman at your brains, daughters as paramount. An angry mother, intentional business, thrall and compass. Agony confessing, saying so little, to pursue total alienation. The aguish holder, crocheted swords, Love was intent on behavior. Living logic, wildflower symbols, many encompassed by inclusivity. Churning of souls, expecting eyes, a soul to its deaths.) A need for covenants, fair beauty, keeping distance from everything—coloring an ache.

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