Reason A. Poteet Poet Free verse

Invisible Bruise 1

cobalt jeers, sapphire leers oozing with color
how does a poet describe an internal bruise?
jay-bird jeers leave a speaker mentally out-of-focus
the litmus test of leers, the person who feels scared

tears tinged with turquoise kept hidden in public 
pour from denim hearts, alone in bed at midnight
Flowing from fluorescent fears no drug can numb
leaving black and boo-hoo marks for months on end

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Caren Krutsinger July 18, 2018 at 5:52 AM The way you incorporated colors into this heart wrenching poem fills me with delight. Well versed!

Lyric Man July 13, 2018 at 4:37 PM Your "blues" beat rocks in fast moving, rhyming fashion! Reason A. Poteet July 13, 2018 at 11:20 PM thanks, LM, appreciate your time and energy in leaving comments on my pieces. It's encouraging to say the least and I love it.