the colors of feeling

-purple-

[lavender]

showed me the dreams i was too scared to nurture

guided my hand to the sweet affections, bitter confections, and single tears that followed

pushed me forward; thinking, feeling, learning beneath the fleeting sunshine

[violet]

taught me to wander the night, to seek the stars, to love hard and without fear

warned me that the pain would come, eventually, but promised to cushion the fall

raised me in the art of words, the weaving of stories and the nonsensical

-blue-

[cerulean]

eternal, praising the glories and the failures, smiling lies and aimless wandering

exploring my heart, mending minuscule cracks, healing shatters

wide open and changing with the seasons, falling with the stars

[navy]

guided the flash of silver, the purification of flesh tainted and irreversible

whispered the lies and the truths, however undiscernable in the moment

flowed streams, rivers, lakes, oceans of salt and pain

-orange-

[peach]

promised worthy justification in time, encouraged patience until it wasn't enough

but we tried to make the world a better place, just the two of us

spurring onward, even through the work and the exhaustion--past all breaking points

[neon]

pushed me to do things i didn't want to do; control freak, power trip, my fault

bright and pulsing, flaming and fuming, smoking and the embers left behind

have to put these broken pieces back together before they return and find this in ruins

-red-

[pink]

twisted fate and pulled strings until i found you and freedom and the stars in the same night

moved us closer than we ever thought we could be, noticing the blushes and stolen glances

but all we were was held hands and held secrets

[cherry]

badass daring and uncontrollable feelings found us at the corner of wanting and needing

we found the sun in the darkness beneath the covers, limbs entangled

high heels and lipstick couldn't stop you from that last look in your eyes

--

references to "an evening i will not forget" by dermot kennedy