Colored Memories

Colored Memories Poetry Contest Sponsor: Craig Cornish Date: 8-28-2018 Some memories are pink, others are yellow. Some big as mountains, others petite, and gentle. The harsh ones that hurt us the most are the ones that enter our minds when we are sad or mad. These are best put into an imaginary box, tied with a variety of colored bows, and shoved down a river. Visualizing this has helped some people to not experience their colors so hard. Be sure and notice the Sun on your face, the happy singing birds, the chirping of happiness, and the calm you feel when the package disappears from your view, never to be picked up or examined again. This will not work for everyone, but it might work for you. Obviously, some memories have colored our souls for the rest of our lives – both good memories and bad ones. If your grandma’s bedroom was lavender, and that is where you were comforted when you had croup, With Vicks, or warm oatmeal, laced with brown sugar, bombarded by love, lavender might be your happy color, until something mean comes along in the form of lavender which changes things. Try not to be mean, as you can make or break other people’s colors. Colored Memories Poetry Contest Sponsor: Craig Cornish Date: 8-28-2018