Colors

Olivia Bennet

my story is told in colors 

of scarlet red and pastel blue 

my fingers graze the moon 

and he’s left with stardust bruises 

 

my story is told in colors 

of red that rips mountains 

like paper wilting in the rain 

where you and i are not one 

 

my story is told in colors 

orange like the split of the sun and sky 

sparks flit off my fingers 

catching my soul aflame 

 

my story is told in colors 

the yellow that reaches down for me 

that stains our cheeks with might 

where we are full of life and love 

 

my story is told in colors 

a green that paints my ground 

that holds me close 

when life is new and old again 

 

my story is told in colors 

of a blue i could fall into  

with the sky shrinking ever above 

and where the sun cannot reach 

 

my story is told in colors 

the purple skylines under my skin 

rising and falling with the beat of my heart 

and the memories between us 

 

my story is told in colors 

pink that whispers of something 

where our souls find each other 

and leave galaxies in our wake 

 

my story is told in colors 

moments painted in gold and silver 

i’d tell this all to the stars, the moon and sky 

and why, i think they’d answer back