Colours

by Ariana   Mar 28, 2006


The colours could have saved me,
but I have been left alone.
I somehow eluded their capture.
Tonight, I have fallen,
into the freezing depths of darkness.

Colours, fill me with your warmth.
varied hues of golden glows.
illuminate me with light,
don't let me sink in shadow.

No pretty pinks or rainbow skies,
or red and magnenta butterflies,
no morning orange-tinged sunrise,
tonight, I have fallen.

This ocean of black misery,
Drowns me of my youthful beauty.
Oh colours, why have you abandoned me,
when I needed you the most?

N.B. That is how we spell 'colours' in NZ

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  • 17 years ago

    by Spoken Silence

    I love the way you created the imagery and then you took all of the pretty pictures away from the mind and filled it with the darkness of emptiness....great job.... alot of talent
    ~*~courtney~*~

  • 17 years ago

    by Lovely Bones

    I really like this! But I cannot help but think it's refering to humanity, not just colors. I get that from the first stanza. Either way, it's a great poem. I really like it =]

  • 18 years ago

    by Daniel J

    A brilliant idea there, I love the way you use the colours. And yes, you spell colours like that, legacy of English rule, meh heh heh.

    There are a few things I didn't really understand, I'm guessing that's because I'm not the poet...
    Such as "I have eluded their capture" and "oh colours, why have you abandoned me?" - indeed, two opposite ideas there.

    Anyway, it is a good poem, and as I said before, I was very taken with the idea of the use of colours. I also liked the way it's presented in your poem.

    Nice work.

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