Shades of Life
love
i used to think it was measured
by the depths of one's eyes
the swells that formed
when blue turned gray
a cloudy day
with the taste of
warm summer rain
rain
how i loved to feel it
splashing against my face
washing all my secrets
into the puddles of mud
that looked dirtier
than i felt
feelings
i never knew they came assorted
like gummy-bears and rainbows
i only knew one
but i learned it well
learning
i guess you taught me well
i could out run fists
and fits of rage
while not only talking
but sassing back
like some spoiled teen
teens
i remember mine well
loved the color red
and how it dripped
in finger-paintings
on half-slit wrists
now riddled with scars
scars
yeah, i have a few
more than others
but who's counting
except
when counting
one's last breath of air
air
i loved to feel it
warm little breaths
kissing my cheek
in the height of day
but at night
i hated the exhale
it fell too often
like me
me
i guess i never knew love
not until you were gone
from my life
life
seems to blend
differently now
in an assortment
of colors
i never knew
existed
existence
means
no longer liking red
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