color

daydreams
and cotton candy lolipops
blue
like the ocean 
glances that tell storries
and spilled cranberry juice
red 
like my blood
apiphinies
and the small, curious flames
i manged to coax out of the wet wood
orenge 
like the goldfish crumbs on my tshirt
brooding thoughts
and the image of grapes on a label of a tylinol bottle
purple 
like the lavendar plant my mother loves so dearly
freedom 
and the feeling i get when i run for what feels like forever
green 
like a new leaf in the spring 
being prefectoinist 
and letting the sun warm your back 
as you draw your mind on a page on the porch 
yellow
like a pikachu. 

 

Inkpaw

VT

18 years old

More by Inkpaw

  • The Boxes In The Corner

    Looming over your shoulders

    Each stack higher than its former

    Every thought and every scrap

    Of an idea too scared to ponder

     

    Every moment that hurt

    Each minute that lingered longer

  • Inadequacy


    How do I push the words out
    From behind my taffy tongue 
    Thick with salty tears 
    And full of grubby thumb 


    I’m a child 
    Pretending that I’m numb 
    To escape the overwhelming feelings 

  • Paper Frogs

    Why

    When feet fall soft but quick 

    Does the hallway extend

    And the hot breath of whoever’s behind me feel hotter 

    Why do I stay pressed to the wall 

    Like a stubborn gruby sticker