Showing your true colors
You drop every shade of green,
Which is of course not easy--
Requiring, as it does,
That you shed your skin
That you be soft and vulnerable
Until you hardened again--
Unless, of course, you are lost
Exposing the flaming reds
The blazing oranges
The merry yellows
That say here I am
Good-bye
I have no regrets
And when I fall
I will not think of you.
Beneath your cool
Is passion that
For what it's worth
For however long it lasts
Will burn bright and strong
And then stop.
It is a dangerous fire.
39 Comments
Beautiful... and colourful ;o)
ReplyDeleteReptiles, Fall foliage, dancing flames...a passionate affair.
ReplyDeleteI love the way the trees change so colorfully!
ReplyDeleteSandy: Very neat look at the colrs of our world. Is your writing a specific style or is it something you have developed? I really enjoy it.
ReplyDeleteThis is a beautiful word picture.
ReplyDeleteInspiring thought and images in this fine poem, Sandy.
ReplyDeleteI see NO photo so don't know what others are commenting about. As I read poem, I imagined you were writing about FALL until you spoke of fires. Now I am lost. Sure wish I could see that photo others say is there. . .
ReplyDeletewords like images! beautiful!
ReplyDeleteSuch colorful passionate thoughts.
ReplyDeleteIndeed. Showing our true colors by shedding our skin. How hard this is sometimes, especially in the hustle and bustle of a work day. I guess we all do show a lot of our colors. Nicely done.
ReplyDeleteIs it only the autumn colors and crisper temperatures that rouse the muse? Pappy
ReplyDeleteIt's a beautiful tribute to autumn, Sandy! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeletesuperb superb superb
ReplyDeleteYour words paint a lovely picture .. I can 'see' it clearly
ReplyDeleteNothing can beat nature.
ReplyDeletedad, will you walk one more time with me?
Truly superb poem Sandy!
ReplyDeleteThat can be read in so many ways.
Those colours are marvellous.
ReplyDeleteyour words are so subtle....!
ReplyDeleteWhat color picture you have created for me in this. Lovely.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful..
ReplyDeletegreat one..
ReplyDeletei love the colors you have painted..
wow what a vivid picture you paint my dear friend!
ReplyDeleteSeasonal and color are human as well, I think. Nicely worked colors.
ReplyDeleteHi Sandy, you aren't a firebug are you? This is so wonderfully written.
ReplyDeleteI suppose like many I didn't now what you were until the end. And that was a long, but nice, way down.
:-)
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Sandy!
ReplyDeleteI love, love, love this.
Beautiful work my friend. For what it's worth, for however long it lasts ...you have created a dangerously, beautiful poem.
Brava.
xx,
JP/deb
Sandi--
ReplyDeleteIt is a dangerous fire that transforms from one state of being to another.
Thanks for this loveliness!
Lovely lovely
ReplyDeletecolors of love not all the time, red
ReplyDeleteIn my head I'm hearing Carly Simon singing "You're so vain, you probably think this song is about you."
ReplyDeleteAnna's right. This can be read in a lot of different ways. From the literal to the very metaphorical.
So what're ya tryin' to say here Sandy? ;)
I would be glad to do away with green because the flaming reds, blazing oranges and merry yellow sounds too good! No regrets. Liked this one a lot, Sandy.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting, invites thought, I enjoyed this writing, thank-you.
ReplyDeleteAfter my weekend-this is perfect : )
ReplyDeleteI have said it before, and I will say it again ... wonderful are the colors of life!
ReplyDeleteSandy, I especially love the first stanza -- as it remind me of someone putting aside the color of jealousy.
Of course it could be this place I am in these days ---
yes.. indeed.. wonderful are the colors of life! :)
ReplyDeleteVery colorful Sandy...I interpreted this lots of different ways, but my favorite is to think of fall! Hope all is well in your world!
ReplyDeleteI agree that life can be a very color full experience.
ReplyDeleteyou paint the leaves with words!
ReplyDeletelovely and so wonderfully written!
ReplyDeleteYes, I'm late! At first I thought this was an insect or reptile but I read it again and again and I get it! A tree! This is such a wonderful poem, and I can understand it.
ReplyDeleteThanks for being here.