color.you

By red_haze

this yellowed. wound in your, chest
where your, fragile {heart}leaked... out.
all splintered. and grey with, spoil.

distant eyes that weep... blue tears.
that drown, your lips. in salty - rain.
thick, and shiny. with dark/green anger

long - fingers. with brown, stained.tips.
...curled in to, palm in an angry. [fist]
betrayal still red. beneath the, nails

mouth wide, with .black.tongued emotion-
words] tipped, with an edge of... sorrow
bruised... purple with, many moments. pain.

backbone curved} and tracked... in sepia.
bent, and fractured with such. weight
white bleeding... through, stretched .skin

you _traced_ over .darkly and colored in...
scratched and .scarred with, every mistake.
faded broken. picture so desolate, colorless.

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Published on Friday, September 12, 2003. Filed under: "Poetry"

Comments on "color.you"

On Monday, November 8, 2004, Savannah (218) wrote:

damn girl!! you rock!! awesome writing
A former member wrote: i love this, i like ur use of imagery and the great overal flow of the poem. i esp love the last word "colourless." great dramatic ending!
On Saturday, February 21, 2004, Exodus (172) wrote:

this is why you are on my favorites.....i love your work...your fucking great..
On Sunday, January 25, 2004, stormtalk (727) wrote:

For a poem that mentions colorlessness... this one's very colorful. It has the tone of rust and rot and decay, like old pipes underground... I like it a lot. I keep checking your page to see if you've written more, but you never do... feed us more!
On Monday, October 13, 2003, yslehc (334) wrote:

ahh i like it..reminds me of someone but i dont know who, dont you hate that??
On Tuesday, October 21, 2003, red_haze (52) wrote:

thanks. and yes, i hate that. something always gets lost in my head, and it usually completely stops me in my tracks until i find it.
On Friday, September 12, 2003, Aurora_Light (472) wrote:

i dont really know what to say to this and dont take that the wrong way i'm not with it today, so i like it and dont worry i like it i do
On Tuesday, October 21, 2003, red_haze (52) wrote:

thank you so much.
On Friday, September 12, 2003, KittyStryker (710) wrote:

i love this- i love the breaks, i love the punctuation, i love the moodiness of this... beautiful.
On Tuesday, October 21, 2003, red_haze (52) wrote:

much appreciation for your comment. the breaks and punctuation were a visual way of presenting pause, and stutter, and the inability to get it all out at once. as if it were spoken on a broken beat.