Yellow Sapphire

Onyx of darkness crumbled beneath my bed, I lit a bead in fiery scarlet hues on a novel white canvas A fire enraged in the hollows of anxieties Oh my precious canvas burnt in raging flames The bead from the canvas somersaulted in my room Hallucinations of muddled cobwebs entangled me It whirled and swooshed my fears in numbness My drooping desires curled into creeping snails, It flashed visions from black to topaz blue Ruby for a while then emerald oh then amethyst Lit the world with fireworks of hope in the moonlit sky The reasons to die, the desires to live, dancing chaos Ashes of my canvas scattered around in the morning, My brush dipped in blood red fears-- yellow sapphire gleaming in my palm June 12, 2020 Sleepless - Old or New Poetry Contest Sponsor: Carolyn Devonshire ~Winner: 2nd Place BRIAN'S select E,any form,any theme Poetry Contest Sponsor: Brian Strand ~Winner: 3rd Place