Thursday, December 29, 2011

Pastel Pictures

The pastel pictures floated downstream with me
On a day that was faded yet sharp and clear
Blue sky, Green grass, Azure stream
and me and my drowned pastel pictures

Upon the current of the stream I floated underneath
A raven who floated on currents of air above

So unlike the pastel moments of beige anonymity
I tried to hold that inky reality in my mind
But a blink and the bird was gone
More a truth than the unblemished blue sky

Upon the caress of the water I flowed
As this black memory caressed my mind

Something that wasn't true and unchangeable
It was a stain that deserved to be preserved
The first lie or the first drink, its fond cousin
A word you said that banished this beige wash

Upon the never ending lane of pastel whispers I am pulled
A pastel picture floats by with three words in cursive.

"You wanted this"

And another with the last mocking taunt,

"Remember?"

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