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I've noticed I'm loved in my most familiar state. Red had been my obsession, my color in my mind, since I was small and whenever I come back to it, people come back to me. The more light I let shine through, the more people notice, the more they want to know. I am not often bright enough. Black is creative. I stall in Black, I waste away in the dark creating non stop. Black is familiar territory to most but it's not a place people love to return. In Black, I am alone. I am once again, in Black. Red was love and loss and flowers flowing from my body like I was spring. Red was nights dipped in cool blue, a reminder of love and colors that couldn't be forgotten. Red became orange, I was faded but desperate, and soon Red wasn't the same. Red was a foreign land, a shade cast over a garden to rest. And the night set, and Black was all I could see. I tried to add the colors I saw, I tried to keep dark but vibrant and suddenly nobody wanted to watch, to learn anymore. If I could trust in the fact of Red, if I could trust that I could go back, I would dive in. But who's to say that I will be loved again, as I attempt to fool the eye into the brighter? A dark state is just as comfortable, even if not lovable.
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Apr 14, 2016
Apr 14, 2016 at 12:30 AM UTC
Red
I've noticed I'm loved in my most familiar state. Red had been my obsession, my color in my mind, since I was small and whenever I come back to it, people come back to me. The more light I let shine through, the more people notice, the more they want to know. I am not often bright enough. Black is creative. I stall in Black, I waste away in the dark creating non stop. Black is familiar territory to most but it's not a place people love to return. In Black, I am alone. I am once again, in Black. Red was love and loss and flowers flowing from my body like I was spring. Red was nights dipped in cool blue, a reminder of love and colors that couldn't be forgotten. Red became orange, I was faded but desperate, and soon Red wasn't the same. Red was a foreign land, a shade cast over a garden to rest. And the night set, and Black was all I could see. I tried to add the colors I saw, I tried to keep dark but vibrant and suddenly nobody wanted to watch, to learn anymore. If I could trust in the fact of Red, if I could trust that I could go back, I would dive in. But who's to say that I will be loved again, as I attempt to fool the eye into the brighter? A dark state is just as comfortable, even if not lovable.
ryanssalt
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Apr 14, 2016
Apr 14, 2016 at 12:30 AM UTC
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