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By Chance or Appointment - 24. Seven Skyscrapers: The Colors of June
Red is made
from shared humanity,
of embers glowing eternally,
equal in that divine light underneath the skin
where each is like to each, more than not,
which those with eyes to see
recognize.
Orange flies
across our dimmed vision
like butterflies ascending the breeze,
newly emerged and fresh-formed after winter’s rest
to scatter across dull ignorance
and beat young wings upon
our shoulders.
Yellow waits
until we’re not watching
to work its magic on stone-cold hearts,
so by its warmth injury might be reconciled
while old, weary eyes change how they see,
and fists that once clenched tight
lie open.
Green glories
in new leaves unfurling
over riotous rhododendrons,
and infant shoots on old vines locked in fall’s embrace;
it shouts aloud to praise warming days
and wakes love’s sleeping seeds
to burst forth.
Blue believes
in impossible things
like bumblebees laden with pollen
or streams that sing sweet songs to summer afternoons
when bold boys walk laughing, side by side,
through the bearded high grass
holding hands.
Indigo
hushes the restless world
and holds uncounted gems in its hands
before tossing them across its dark counterpane
to illuminate an infant dream
that grows into the self
it first knew.
Violet
embraces each bright dawn
without judgement or hesitation,
unconcerned about what the robins have to say
about morning clouds making sweet love
to each other on the
horizon.
I am grateful to @AC Benus for his insights in making these better, and for creating this most expressive poetic form. And I am thankful for you, whoever reads these lines, for taking time with them.
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