For a while I have wondered why this website has such drab black and white colors.
But I have come to the conclusion that the fonts themselves are black to allow for the beautiful colors that emerge from the poems to overwhelm the viewers, and bring color to your mind, rather than your vision.

I taste the salt of my tears
as a smile spreads from ear to ear

sometimes the most bitter of emotions
come from a joyful heart that's open

you bring my head such mixes
of magical emotion elixirs

My joy, my pain, my sorrow,
is something you offer to borrow

rather than walk in my shoes
you walk in my feelings, of which I cant choose

I breath deep before I am swallowed by another wave
tossed up and over, my situation is grave
I know it will be the last time I breach
So I deeply inhale, life barley in reach

under the water my eyes slowly adjust
I survey my surroundings not sure what to trust  
But my fear melts away as my mind seems to absorb
the beauty that is the colors found on the ocean floor
I begin to bob and dance about
bubbles flying out of my nose like a powerful spout

but my joy seems to come to a halt
for among the beauty I have spotted such a small fault
I see another me lying in the sand
I am absorbed within myself, I know this is the end

underappreciated
underestimated
they take tears and yells and are told that they are hated
they withstand it all and fight to keep you safe
a mother is the person who changes your fate
they dry all your tears
they flood you with love
so appreciate your mother
and give her a hug