Shades of You
March’s third week prompt of Lifeline — Colour
The sky has a thousand shades.
From the lightest blue,
that perfect backdrop to the wisps of clouds,
that appear from an invisible paintbrush and float on by.
To the blue of cornflowers,
as the summer sun bakes down,
tightening skin, wilting petals, and cracking the earth.
I have seen a thousand shades in your eyes also,
as you hover above me,
every expression visible in your gaze.
Unflinching steel softens into royal blue,
ice dissolves into sparkling water,
there is an ocean within you as wide as the sky above us both.
I lose myself in shades of blue,
laying beneath you,
back to the earth and the open expanse above.
I willingly imagine a code to decipher meaning,
to predict what will come next,
as I set myself adrift.
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