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You See White and I See Blue

March 8, 2013
By papayajuice13 GOLD, Tel Aviv, Other
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You see white and I see blue,
But it kills me knowing I'm not you
To feel your emptiness inside
And the hurt you cannot hide.

So I stare at the wall
And see the white
And I try to picture your endless fight.
But the wall doesn't scream the way you do,
And I am left to see the blue.

© Carlos C., Glendale, AZ

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papayajuice13 GOLD said...
on Jun. 6 2013 at 5:12 am
papayajuice13 GOLD, Tel Aviv, Other
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Thank you :)
WrenArrington said...
on Jun. 4 2013 at 11:47 pm
WrenArrington, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
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First of all, I'd like to say that the title really caught my attention-- it's original and it made me wonder what the colors were going to represent, so basically I was hooked before I even looked at the poem :) I enjoyed the simplicity of the words themselves while there was a much deeper meaning and a good deal of emotion below the surface. I liked the length; it's hard to get through a poem sometimes when you feel it's too long. Great job--five stars :)
papayajuice13 GOLD said...
on Jun. 4 2013 at 5:44 am
papayajuice13 GOLD, Tel Aviv, Other
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Thank you so much for your feedback! And don't worry I have more work I want to post here
ephemeral GOLD said...
on Jun. 2 2013 at 6:25 pm
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I like, in a dream way, the motif of colors to represent something much larger and much messier that what they can truly portray. I can't quite put my finger on it, but there's something I really love about your use of that in this poem. It's short, but it's effective in communication (something that is hard with simplifying too much, so I really commend you on that). Your collection of poems is consistently drenched with talent, and I hope you decide to post more