Human Hues

She slipped clumsily in a café
Looked all around her
from the corner of her eye
Felt all eyes upon her
Bit her lip and
flushed crimson
most disconcertedly.

He was sacked,  fired at work
Got down in the dumps
Was down and out
Left feeling blue
so gloomily.

He gave her a blossomed rose
Blood rushed to her cheeks
She blushed a deep red so joyously.

She watched her rival from afar
Summed up her envy in reflex
and turned green so jealously.

It looked hale and hearty
Ooh, the cherubic chubby cheeks
Baby looked in the pink
as it babbled away innocently.

She heard of a loved one's demise.
That was a shock indeed
She went white as a sheet
as she then wept so woefully.

She saw a teeny-weeny spider on her skirts
Talk of arachnids and phobias, yikes!
She turned a pale yellow in fright
as she screamed so fearfully.

He found his sweetheart in another man's arms
Doubted his own manly charms
and his face went purple with rage almost instantly.

He faced his lifelong enemy
Hate brimmed up in him
as his bitterness found a vent
He shot him a black glare
quite very scornfully

well, well, it might seem that the worst of all the human hues
are the melancholic depressing blues
But I think being green when for jealousy
and the black of hate
top the list in deserving poohs.

Mind you all these
human pigmentation of emotion
are a matter of reflex
for you can't choose
which of the human hues
you'd like to wear, on party day
and which you'd rather not use.

Reviews

[Chris]

So many hues, so little understandings. But what counts as the good hues - are there any?

[S.zaynab.kamoonpury]

Um yes the red of love, the pink of health are the good hues symbolically. Thanks so much for comment,

[Chris Shaw]

I like the way you have introduced colours here to represent each scenario and the emotional impact, Nice work zay,zay. All best wishes.

Chris

[S.zaynab.kamoonpury]

Warm, warm thanks friend for your lovely cheery comment! Take care always,

[Soren]

Human emotions are a rainbow of colors. A most interesting presentation of this in this poem that takes a snippet out of many lives to illustrate the point. Nicely presented in short snapshot like episodes. It snuck up on me as the reader, only noticing it after the first couple of instances. Very creative.

[S.zaynab.kamoonpury]

Thanks soo much for your nice wonderful feedback, cheers,

[jacob erin-cilberto]

great use of colors to paint portraits of various human emotions that stem from situations experienced.
And yes, we always seem to associate some color to match our reaction to people...sadness, embarrassment, rage, and that black, scornful glare.
nicely done,
j.

[S.zaynab.kamoonpury]

Thanks soo much for fine comment on the colours of emotions. Cheers,

[red93]

Interesting Work again SZK and I like all the contrasts and conflicting stories that are going on in this Piece - nicely done.

[S.zaynab.kamoonpury]

Im soo glad you found it interesting as i try my best not to be cliché amd boring as to content .read moreIm soo glad you found it interesting as i try my best not to be cliché amd boring as to content .
Warm thanks for the great feedback,

[FGFRANKLIN]

"Deep greens and blues are the colors I choose, won't you let me go down in my dreams, and rock-a-bye Sweet Baby James." from Sweet Baby James by James Taylor

This was an interesting association of color with mood. But I don't readily associate green with envy as much as trees, grass and the open sea. Blue is the color of the sky and hints at the cosmic eternity of space. So I guess the human "hues" might not be so important as our perceptions of them. Looking at a dandelion, one man might see a weed, another might see a flower and a third man might see a source of nourishment and medicine. How we view a thing often impacts our reality and if we view it with a harsh perspective we aren't liable to get much back from it but harsh replies. But if we deepen our perspective we might find beauty or even sustenance.

[S.zaynab.kamoonpury]

Oh yes green is the colour of nature and is my fav colour and in our language and culture we don't associate green with envy but i just said it loke that because some english like to say 'green with envy'.
I would think red yellow or orange would more be apt to describe the colour of jealousy but i went by what some english go by.
Thanks for great comment,

[FGFRANKLIN]

You can't trust mad dogs and Englishmen. I've heard they go out in the midday sun. I enjoyed the read.