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Color Theory

True Colors Poetry Challenge

By PRISM Published 5 years ago 1 min read
Color Theory
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Color Theory

I want to feel red and hot pink

I want to radiate from my heart’s center

More than I think

I want to deepen into my indigo silence

To seep in the solitude + shake off the violence

Craving to be accosted with

Intention + love

I’m yellow inside I’m happy, alive

Bursting into brightness

Soaked to the bone in safety + lightness

Careful with my color

I’m an indigo lover

Open +alive

I’m yellow in spring

Grounded in my greens

And out of a orange I sing

Zest for life and burst open

Like I’m thoroughly soaked in

Regal, radiant, radical red

Violet + silent don’t mistake my

Quiet for blues, deepening my

Distance lessening my resistance

In this particular instance

There’s no need to be scared but

We’re all visually impaired

Fractal bits of light orbit hits

Colors + hues are so subtlety infused

Shaping our perception

Awakening from deception

The entirety of the lesson

Is just beyond the

Vale of my vision

I close my eyes + I see more + I listen

Someday in the fullness

We’ll see it but for now

I receive it

I’m crystal

Im cosmic

I’m prismic

I’m exotic

I’m colorful

I’m chaotic

The tension of creation is my protest

Of stale old + heavy stagnation

So if I color outside the lines

Don’t be scared it’s assigned + it’s aligned

And that’s pretty much all that’s on my mind

inspirational

About the Creator

PRISM

PRISM is a spoken word artist who’s performed at TedX, WeWork conferences, the Nashville Entrepreneur Center, fundraisers, music venues, and book launches for authors nationwide. She sits on the board of Southern Word + lives in Nashville.

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