sunsets and rainbows
stain the canvas, sky
an onslaught of color
mark the once blind clouds

in a world delusional
of beauty irrational
yet auburn sunlight
where the demons fight

hear the haunting tune
of sweetest sorrow
the scarred melody
its bitter determination

the powdered crayons
and drifting wind
feel the pastel snowflakes
of one Wonderland winter

with espoir
and a turn of winds
no vouloir
can't be reached

the cold breeze finds
tinkling glass
and the echo of
windchimes ethereal

and plain old jane
she dulls the pain
all factors in life where
she'll always care

the querulous kind
the insecure kind
but deep down inside
hides a love overflowing

its beauty like roses
yet as wild as their thorns
a smile like gunfire
but a heart closed in ice

so stays in denial
a stretch of black and white
a blur in one's vision
now faded to gray

an unforseen wind
with strange predicaments
perhaps it was all
a hallucination?

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