Color Spectrum

My purple is violets, beach sunsets, and grape soda
Your purple is the swollen bruise of a trauma that refuses to heal

My red is bloody miscarriage remains in my toilet
Your red is rosy cheeks on a summer day, candy apples, a glossy lip

My blue is dark--the bottom of the sea with no light
Your blue is light--the skies in Carolina

My green is my therapy that quickly burns brown
Your green is a snake in the grass, the mold on old bread

My yellow is bile with a side of lemon juice
Your yellow is baby chicks in a field of daffodils

My orange is Doritos, a clockwork, circus peanuts and Nemo
Your orange is sideswiped traffic cones, Cheetos fingers, Presidential

My pink is breast cancer awareness, flowers , Steven Tyler's favorite color
Your pink is a hairless rat, pepto bismol puke, stepped on bubble gum

My brown is explosive taco meat diarrhea. a rabid beaver, a fallen tree
Your brown is a beautiful brunette eating chocolate cake beside a teddy bear

My black is bitter espresso, endless and deep, a widow
Your black is Sabbath, a good luck cat, voluminous mascara

My white is a wedding gown at a thrift store, snow blanketing a forest, cool whip
Your white is the milky eyes of a corpse, rape semen remnants

What is mine is not your color to wear or share
What is ours is a rainbow of color everywhere

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