i always associated the colour scarlett with a brightness. the love of valentines day or the blush filling one's cheeks on a chilly saturday. scarlett meant life to me, and i never thought it'd represent opposite.
scarlett was love.
scarlett was a heart shaped box of chocolates, the sparkle of fireworks, a can of cranberry sauce on thanksgiving day.
scarlett was optimism.
scarlett was a thank you card, a bright balloon at a birthday celebration, or the painted lips of a woman on a first date.
scarlett was never meant to be pain.
scarlett wasn't meant to be a sharp bracelet of numbness, a sleeve of anger that melted into the floor, or the cold emptiness that accompanied silver.
scarlett wasn never meant to be anger.
scarlett wasn't meant to be the screaming i hear in my head at night, the holes in the door, or the deep stain of aggression falling against my knuckles.
the first syllable seems to fit too well nowadays.