Colouring the Page

On a canvas of white my words flow in black
 I can conjure an image and no colour will it lack
  I can make stars twinkle in the darkest of nights
  And bring you snowflakes when dawn breaks light

 On an old piano I tickle keys of white
 Caressing ones of ebony for a melody that delights
 I can make clouds appear in cotton balls of white
  Then blacken them with inky stains to make raindrops take flight

 But if ebony and ivory never meet
 These things you'll never see
  Your world would be blurred in shades of gray
  Without the hues of poetry

 2-19-17
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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Nicole Avatar
July 17, 2019 at 9:30 PM
Keep creating beautiful masterpieces!! With your Words. I am enjoying these moments when- you "make raindrops take flight" :) Congratulations Joseph, on this win. ~ Brandy
Johnson-Saunders Avatar
February 20, 2017 at 2:18 AM
Wonderful images of black and white, and I love, love, love the last stanza...best of luck in the contest! Hugs, Rhonda
Turner Avatar
February 19, 2017 at 7:08 PM
Paint away, Joseph:)
Canerdy Avatar
February 19, 2017 at 12:03 PM
Delightful and imaginative, Joseph. Janice
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