8/3/21

Stay soft

The world hardens you 

They tell us to keep our emotions inside

But can’t you see

Inside of me is a swirl of blue, red, pink, green, yellow

Sad angry happy jealous grieving sharing loving

They give the world color

I set them free and they encircle the air

Enveloping trees and buildings and people, 

mixing with others’ greens and blues and reds.

Stay soft

They say that I am me and he is he

But don’t you see that he is we?

The man begging on the street corner is me

His colors are on full display

His blues are spilling onto the sidewalk

Can’t you feel them on your toes?

Don’t look away now

I reach inside of me 

I give him some of my yellow

We are both a little more green

But we are soft and full of color

Alive and real.