my favorite color is orange
like the sun against the evening sky
the evenings we spent together
golden in my memory

your eyes were blue
like my favorite memories of the ocean
skin soft the like sand
my flesh hasn’t felt in years

the grass is green
where i lay my head and remember you
alone in the breeze
that somehow brings your scent to me

i see in red
like the blood you spilled from my heart
warm under the tears
that drown me in my nightmares

darkened; deep black
the pit you left in my chest
the true colors exposed
a love that wasn’t meant to last