All the Colors

And by the time

you discover that

the writing actually means something,

the pen is out of ink and

the pages and pages are full of

useless scribbles

each one to satisfy its

three minutes' worth

but not give a damn for the

future but now

it's all the past anyways

when your noontime sorrows

are your midnight fears with

the deafening roar of six billion

voices crying out your

failure to them to yourself to

forever, blowing away

the mask you mistook for wisdom to leave you

tearing up six billion pages

of false smiles and raw tears looking back

reluctantly at the grey area in a memory

too simply your life

but now with all the colors too many colors

to drown in.

Author's Note

Tell me what you think.

Reviews

[PianoandPage]

have you ever heard the spoken word artistry of buddy wakefield?

this poem sort of reminds me of his style at times.

cool rythmic flow.

[Mariah]

Whether you use the word anyway or anyways, it's still an amazing poem which is most definitely going in my library.
I like the way you started the poem with the word and, which makes the reader feel like they're already immersed in the poem. Genius, that three-letter word.

"tearing up six billion pages

of false smiles and raw tears looking back

reluctantly at the grey area in a memory

too simply your life

but now with all the colors too many colors

to drown in."

^^ Favorite part.

[Rick Puetter]

I just read "To Be Perfect" and liked it enough to read another of your poems. This one, "All the Colors", is also quite nice, and I can see you have a very philosophical bent to you personality if these two poems are any reflection of the real person.

I really liked the analogy you can make from your words to a person's life. I think you hit this square-on again, just like you did in "To Be Perfect".

The one thing that I found a little jarring (I'm and old fogey) was your use of "anyways". "Anyways" is a proper adverb, but its usage is non-standard. If you don't want to upset those of us with delicate tastes, I'd use the more standard "anyway" without the "s".

Another nice poem.

Best regards,

Rick