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Grey

My Life after 2 strokes in colour

By Michael Boulatsakos Published 5 years ago 1 min read
Michael J Boulatsakos

My blood is thick

Well once it was

The tablets thin it out

Once I spoke with fluent tongue

Now when I try to whisper

my soul does only shout

We wish to think the sky is blue

But all I see is grey

The stroke that made me who I am

Has a lot to say

I paint with all the rainbow

I soak the colours in

Drinking all the things I see

Like a addict may skull gin

Is grey really a colour ?

Or a mix of just the base ?

Not sure who is in the mirror

Not sure of my face

Not sure of the colours

I once did drink in

All I know is they are grey

That I feel different in my skin

Yes I'm not the only one

That's brain has disappeared

Into some reality

That no one has ever peered

But I am original

Just like the colour grey

I spell colour with a u

Not like the USA

I can touch the face

Of someone I did know

The silence in my deep blue eyes

Tells them the story though

Of once I was a green mess

That's blood was thick and red

Now I am a grey cocoon

That deep inside is dead

I hope while I am changing

Deep inside this cocoon

I can once again see yellow

Half way into June

I hope to taste that rainbow

That fills the Spring lit sky

I hope to once again see orange

Lots before i die

I hope to taste the rainbow

I hope to dance with rain

I wish to reach the broken places

Deep inside my pain

I hope to touch the black

To paint with spectrums white

I hope to touch the taste of her

Deep into the night

I hope the grey stays present

Only where it should

For everything has a place

A place that it does good

Like what would be a night sky

Without the colour grey

Nothing is the answer

That is all i have to say .

inspirational

About the Creator

Michael Boulatsakos

I am a earth alien that writes ,draws and struggles with all the same issues every other earth alien does .I write about my life and how my mental issues effect the way I see it .I have Bipolar2

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