Red never claims as passionate
Like purple, who blushes
When blue hugs her
And they kiss like lovers
Beneath a sky that is opaque
Impressing them without color
Flutters of anxiety
in the wake of green
embers like falling trees
on the green, green earth
If only they could hear me
Then they would know too
What it is like without the trees
Growing startled by the wind
Like a shake by a hand
That plants the seed
We sow the colors we reap
And grow what we cannot replace
When the cities are there
We can keep their colors
From the gray, gray fuels
Of fossils long gone to bone
Of toxic fog overshadowing
Our colors, making alive
What can kill us
But not the forest. No.
Not the forest.
Their colors, like eternity,
Are there in their leaves
Exchanging gratitude
For being whole
When Earth was at once
Plentiful in their colors.
We take passion out of red.
Replaced by the dullness
Of muted paleness
And fluorescent glowing
Street lights
That cannot fill us of our
Colors. No.
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Colors
by Candace Meredith
BIO: Candace Meredith earned her Bachelor of Science degree in English Creative Writing from Frostburg State University in the spring of 2008. Her works of poetry, photography and fiction have appeared in literary journals Bittersweet, The Backbone Mountain Review, The Broadkill Review, In God’s Hands/Writers of Grace, A Flash of Dark, Greensilk Journal, Saltfront, Mojave River Press and Review, Scryptic Magazine, Unlikely Stories Mark V, The Sirens Call, The Great Void, BAM Writes, Foreign Literary, Lion and Lilac Magazine, The Green Shoe Sanctuary Literary Journal, Setu Magazine, Impspired Magazine and various others. Candace lives in Virginia with her two sons and her daughter and fiancé. She earned her Master of Science degree in Marketing and Communications from West Virginia University. Candace is the author of various books titled Contemplation: Imagery, sound and Form in Lyricism (a collection of poetry), Losing You (a novella collection), Winter Solstice (book 1 of a 4 book series): The Crone (book 2), The Lady of Brighton (book 3), Summer Solstice (book 4 in progress) and her recently published children’s books A-Hoy Frankie! Your Riverboat Captain, Matilda Gets Adopted, Who Farted?, Andre the Broken Tea Cup Goes to the Market and forthcoming Nola Plays Baseball, Little Blue Shoe and Girls Drive Jeeps. Candace is also the author of several novels and stories being adapted for film.
Check out her website at www.candacemeredithbooks.com
