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 Lets get personal Final poetry contest Sponsored by Brian Strand