colors
colors
when with you
i can retreat to some place
normally reserved for childhood,
singing out-of-key songs
and playing for a brief moment
like a child with no yesterday
to create memories
that hurt like an open wound.
i can teasingly touch you in a way that before today
would have seemed silly.
i can watch in awe as you light up a fresh smile
with the eager passion of a little girl
and the reckless abandon of a woman in love.
i cherish being able to know you at this time of your life
when i can catch you with mustard on your chin
and laughter in your heart.
you keep me always guessing…
wondering;
is it warmth, daisies, or memories
which fill the menu of your innermost desires?
let me serve them to you
like kaleidoscopic helium-filled balloons,
tightly tied and held,
so they can never soar away
to a sky in want of colors.
Look carefully now,
even a patchwork tapestry of heaven
pales in comparison to the colors you bring
into my life.
tolbert
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