discoloured palette

cyan blues indigo into nighttime darkness scorches the soul to the core hellfire’s charcoal embers dissipate lightness of being achromatic void engulfs a self-fulfilling promise rose petals wither by the wayside trudged and treaded upon flame red converts to burnt sienna a mere shadow dances in the heat hunter green pastels fade in exhaustion an emerald pendant strings a chafed neck in a choking embrace mustard gold’s alchemy folds citric sunflowers away from its rainbow where a pot of tar repeats the circular path suave mauve corrodes into rust and necessity’s must clusters indecision and meaningless desire the prism yields prison and yet all colours would merge into white when the pail becomes half full once again and chakras confide to the canvass and the portrait of truth